Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:12 pm

I really don't know how to describe this film. Visually it's good, with the occasional trippy bit. It stars Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey: she turns in a great performance, and he's not annoying at all. It's an alternative romance type thing, with some slightly strange chronology used in a most pleasing way, and some little sub-plots in there too. I really liked it: it's sometimes happy, funny and angry, but I came away smiling.

My disclaimer is that I don't know if my rating will change on further viewings, it could grow on me a lot.

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:55 pm

I liked this film a lot when i saw it. i concur:

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:14 pm

I am sure we had another review of this one somewhere. . . not according to the search function though. I would concur with the above

on first watch dropping to

on the re-watch.

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:23 pm

I was sure we had a review already on here as well, I even searched about three times. Ho hum.

The real question is whether or not the film can stand up beyond the clever chronology, which of course loses its impact the second time it's viewed. I'm guessing from Mike's second rating that it doesn't, which is a shame, as it's really good in some respects.