Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is about a couple (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) who have eachother erased from each other's mind. The procedure eliminates all the memories of a person and renders them oblivious to the fact that they existed. Clementine (Winslet) has the procedure done, causing Joel (Carrey) to get angry and have it done himself. The problem is that during Joel's procedure (which takes place while he sleeps in his apartment) Joel realizes what's happening and attempts to stop having Clementine totally erased from his mind.The film has a great, original premise that keeps you intrigued. Everyone wants to be David Lynch now with a total abandon of the linear storyline. It's like a puzzle, but the actors aren't playing- we are. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet have great chemistry together with Carrey delivering a performance that doesn't rely on him being an obnoxious jackass. The team that handles the procedure (Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson) all play a sort of keystone cops subplot while Joel is being erased like a VHS tape. It's an interesting film with solid direction from Michael Gondry.
The part of the film that I found unbelievable was the fact that there were only three people in the waiting room for the procedure. You have got to be kidding me. If this service actually existed it would be franchised bigger than McDonald's. People would come in to eliminate memories starting st the guy that cut them off that morning to George W. Bush. It would be like a divorcee taping over his or her wedding video. Come on, you know you would do it!
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