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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4
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Metascore: 89/100
Reviews: 1,419 user | 242 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, 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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Cast
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| Kate Winslet | ... | ||
| Gerry Robert Byrne | ... | ||
| Elijah Wood | ... | ||
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Thomas Jay Ryan | ... | |
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| Jane Adams | ... | ||
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Ryan Whitney | ... | |
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Plot Synopsis
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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
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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:
$268,118 (Japan) (18 March 2005)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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(uncredited)
Usually attributed to Percy Montrose
Sung by Jim Carrey
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The movie is based on the following quote from an Alexander Pope poem, "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." See more »Goofs
Mary's hair changes from "windswept" (long shots) to neat (close-up) and back again when talking to Howard outside Joel's apartment, after Howard's wife catches them together and drives off. 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
"Oh My Darling, Clementine"(uncredited)
Usually attributed to Percy Montrose
Sung by Jim Carrey
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This movie gives us what we all secretly wish for-- a chance to forget something that's hurt us in the past. The viewer can almost live vicariously through the two dysfunctional characters that are remarkably just like ordinary people. The relationship problems are the same. The little fights and bickers are things we all can relate to. The acting was amazing- throughout the movie, I actually forgot that I was watching Mr. Ace Ventura himself. Carrey and Winslet pull off a great performance, both ditching the typecasts that they've been shackled with. Not only did the film give us the opportunity to see what it was like if painful memories were erased, but it also gave us the opportunity to see that everything deserves a second chance. The way it ends leaves the viewer to imagine how the characters' lives will end. The idealist may say that they lived happily ever after; the pessimist may say that they just reverted to disliking each other again. Either way, it leaves you to imagining your own ending; a characteristic many films leave out. Basically, this movie makes you think, "What if...?" It truly gives new meaning to the phrase "You never know what you've got until it's gone."