Howard’s (Tom Wilkinson) procedure gives patients an out when relationships come to a bad end. This film displays the importance of communication through three different relationships - all with varying degrees of success. While doing so, he realizes that the relationship could have succeeded, and he fights to remember Clementine.Ī commentary on how we process emotions, this film is timeless for both its story and the phenomenal performances by actors such as Jim Carrey (“The Truman Show”), Kate Winslet (“Titanic”), Kristen Dunst (“Spiderman”), Mark Ruffalo (“Avengers”), Elijah Wood (“The Lord of the Rings” Series) and Tom Wilkinson (“Batman Begins”). To erase these painful memories, however, Joel must relive them. After hearing about this, her ex, Joel Parish, decides to also have his memories erased. In “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” a woman named Clementine (Kate Winslet) undergoes an experimental procedure to forget her ex (Jim Carrey) in the wake of their bad breakup.

It combines the hopefulness of a romantic comedy, the excitement of a science fiction and the underlying solemnity of a tragedy to create a bittersweet commentary on the usage of memories and communication in our daily lives. Do you ever wish you could forget a bad breakup? A lost pet? That one time a waitress told you to enjoy your food and you said, “You too?” In his 2004 film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Director Michel Gondry explores the need to forget.ĭespite being over 15 years old, the film is still relevant.

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