| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Balaji Srinivasan (Rating: 4/4) |
| It is late at night. A visibly stoned receptionist at a doctor's office
(Kirsten Dunst) is slowly talking with the doctor (Tom Wilkinson) at
the house of a patient (Jim Carrey) who is getting his memories of an
ex-lover (Kate Winslet) erased. The...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 5/5) |
| "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."
- Alexander Pope more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Richard A. Zwelling (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| The mad man of meta has returned. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who
delved into the twisted world of self-reference in Being John
Malkovich and Adaptation, has created a sporadically poignant love
story which defies standard chronology and twists back...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| With his trippy, cerebrally-exacting screenplays for "Being John
Malkovich," "Adaptation.," and now "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind," you have to wonder what kind of pernicious, whacked-out parenting
Charlie Kaufman was subjected to as a...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| It begins where it ends and the opportunity to right wrongs is directly in
front of them. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play Joel and Clementine,
polar-opposite lovers who've recently split because they just can't stand
one another anymore. She's done...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Jonathan Moya (Rating: 4/5) |
| Joel Barish: Jim Carrey
Clementine Kruczynski: Kate Winslet
Dr. Howard Mierzwiak: Tom Wilkinson
Stan: Mark Ruffalo
Patrick: Elijah Wood
Mary: Kirsten Dunst
Frank: Thomas Jay Ryan
Carrie: Jane Adams
Rob: David Cross
Train Conductor: Gerry Robert Byrne more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 4/4) |
| "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is the loopiest, most mind-bending
romantic comedy film I've ever seen. Loopy and romantic? Does this bring up
memories of Adam Sandler's similarly loopy foray into P.T. Anderson's world in
"Punch-Drunk Love"?...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Matt Noller (Rating: 4/4) |
| What if we could remove someone from our memories? If we could erase every
last detail about them from our subconscious? Would it be moral to tamper
with someone's mind in any sense, even to destroy a painful memory? Or, even
so, would it benefit us to...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5) |
| What's not to love? Charles Kaufman screenplay, Focus Features.
Jim Carrey. A mind-bending premise about memory erasure and the pain
of love. A killer cast, including Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Mark
Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, and Elijah Wood. I am...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B+) |
| Sometimes, an experience can be so traumatic that
you would be better off having it erased from
your mind. That could be said of Joel (Bruce
Carrey). At first, his budding relationship with
Clementine (Kate Winslet) is the stuff of poetry
and song....more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 9/10) |
| CAPSULE: This is quite probably the best new science
fiction film I have seen since MINORITY REPORT and well
before. A device allows for the removal of painful
memories by erasing them. The hitch is that the
memories must be...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 4/4) |
| Directed by Michel Gondry. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Starring Jim
Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom
Wilkinson. more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| Charlie Kaufman is one of a handful of screenwriters whose names can
kindle interest in a movie, and I can't think right now who the others are.
The Oscar-nominated creator of Being John Malkovich set the bar high with that
brilliant debut...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| Simply put, Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate
Winslet) met, courted and fell in love. But, when
their romance hits rocky shoals, the free-spirited
Clem leaves Joel but cannot deal with the bad memories
of him. Unknown to her former soul mate, she...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: A) |
| How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Great concept but mediocre movie, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is by
writer Charlie Kaufman, who has certainly had his hits (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
and ADAPTATION) and his misses (CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND and HUMAN
NATURE). About a race...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 10/10) |
| Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the kind of film I
hate trying to review. Generally I find it much easier to blast away at
something that sucks than to praise something that I really like (maybe it's
because I'm a...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A man visits a memory-erasing clinic after getting dumped by his girlfriend and
finding out that she deleted him from her memories via this new scientific
method. Halfway through the process himself, the man starts to think twice
about getting rid...more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B+
Focus Features
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Written by: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson,
Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo
Screened at: Beekman, NYC, 3/16/04 more |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10) |
| Susan Granger on ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Focus Features)
This seductively spellbinding - if loony - love story, by screenwriter
Charlie Kaufman and French director Michel Gondry defines the difference
between movies and creative...more |
