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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Charlie Kaufman (story) &
Michel Gondry (story) ...
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Release Date:
19 March 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
I already forget how I used to feel about you. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 36 wins & 50 nominations more
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Great, if you can relate... more (1346 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jim Carrey | ... | Joel Barish |
 | Kate Winslet | ... | Clementine Kruczynski |
 | Gerry Robert Byrne | ... | Train Conductor |
 | Elijah Wood | ... | Patrick |
 | Thomas Jay Ryan | ... | Frank |
 | Mark Ruffalo | ... | Stan |
| Jane Adams | ... | Carrie |
 | David Cross | ... | Rob |
 | Kirsten Dunst | ... | Mary |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Dr. Howard Mierzwiak |
| Ryan Whitney | ... | Young Joel |
 | Debbon Ayer | ... | Joel's Mother |
 | Amir Ali Said | ... | Young Bully |
| Brian Price | ... | Young Bully |
 | Paulie Litt | ... | Young Bully |
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Rated R for language, some drug and sexual content.
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108 min | Turkey:95 min (TV version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #40598) | Iceland:L | India:A | Chile:Y7 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15
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The audio for the scene in which Joel and Clementine appear as children in Joel's memory while their adult voices converse was recorded on location, rather than dubbed later in a studio. Director Michel Gondry felt it was better to have Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet reacting to the children playing their characters as it happened. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Clem gets out of the car to get her toothbrush, a mic pack is clearly visible under her shirt. more
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[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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References Tears of the Sun (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime more
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Is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" based on a book?Where are Montauk, Rockville Centre, and "the frozen Charles?"
If Joel threw his tape out the window, how did he listen to it later?
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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.