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Reviews: 1,493 user | 266 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. Director:Michel Gondry |
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A man, Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake. Written by anonymous
Plot Keywords:
memory | retrograde narrative | loneliness | playing against type | valentine's day |Taglines:
This Spring, clear your mind See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, some drug and sexual content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 March 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Eterno resplandor de una mente sin recuerdos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,175,198 (USA) (19 March 2004)Gross:
$1,747,623 (Japan) (8 April 2005)Company Credits
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Joel: [voice over] random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.
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Written by James Warren
Performed by Beck
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The voice whispering Montauk in the movie is actually a combination of Kate Winslet's voice echoing itself, and the voice of Katherine Skjerping, an editor working at the production company Focus Features. Apparently, the young lady was asked to do a quick voice-over, before Winslet arrived, and it was kept in the film. See more »Goofs
When Joel and Clementine sit down on a tree trunk in a forest, a log behind them moves up and down quite significantly as if someone stepped on it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joel: [voice over] random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.
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Crazy Credits
The text in the opening credits appears quickly and then slowly withers away, like a memory. See more »Soundtracks
Everybody's Got To Learn SometimesWritten by James Warren
Performed by Beck
Beck appears courtesy of Geffen Records
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If you can relate to the underlying theme of love longed for, love given and received, and love lost, this is a great film. If you have come to understand that acceptance can -sometimes- be a great thing and not a compromise or a 'settle for' - this is a moving film.
As crazy and almost surreal as elements of this film are, it somehow remains honest and real. That seems like a contradiction... life is contradictory, isn't it?
Carrey and Winslet both turn in superb performances, as do the supporting cast. An incredible film that most of the people who 'get it' will love - but I suspect there will be more than a small percentage who won't understand it or can't relate to it and they will (understandably) dislike it.