![]() As Joel lays in a drug induced comma at the mercy of this unethical trio, we are taken along for the journey through his memories of Clem from the most recent painful ones back to the gentle, unselfish memories he realizes endeared her to him in the first place. With the help of technicians Stan (a nerdy Mark Ruffalo), Patrick ( Elijah Wood breaking his hobbit mold being a wormy, sweaty-palmed deceiver) and office secretary May (a sweet, unsure almost gossamer Kirsten Dunst), the memory erasure procedure commences in Joel’s apartment heaped in technological equipment and a disturbing party atmosphere. It will be as if nothing has happened-a new life is awaiting you!”), the heartbroken Joel decides to undergo the procedure as well. Howard Mierzwiak (played down to Earth by Tom Wilkinson).Īfter rushing to see the inventor and listening to the calm intelligence of the good Doctor as he explains the process (“There is good and evil in this life, we help people get over pain by giving them something new. He gets a shock to his heart when he finds out the impulsive Clem has had her memories of Joel totally erased from her mind by a procedure invented by a Dr. He says “Be careful, what are you doing?” as she expounds “I am not wasting one second of the time I have!”īecause of the tug of war going on between them caused by the obvious gap in personalities, Joel knows his relationship with Clementine is unraveling but doesn’t know how to mend it. The live-in relationship crumbles based on the observation they are wildly different personalities. ![]() She is prone to changing her attitudes and thoughts as often as her hair color and manages to drag Joel underfoot rather than have him riding along beside her. Clementine wakes him out of his dismal fog and introduces him to all he is not. Although some scenes were unsettling and hard for me to watch as a Christian, the excellent acting kept me enthralled.įrom Joel’s decision to skip work and take a commuter train from Yonkers to Montauk through the time he meets the love of his life, Clementine Kruczynski (played to a free spirited “T” by Kate Winslet), we are made aware he is a painfully shy man wandering through his life in a cloud of dissatisfaction and loneliness. ![]() It is the type of movie one must stay focused on or else something will be missed. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” has given me a small ray of hope as the outcome is basically positive, although getting to that point is a grueling yet thought provoking experience for the audience.īeginning with Joel Barish (a wonderful, sincere, expert Jim Carrey) awaking in his apartment confused and distressed clear through to the ending where Joel awakes in the same exact way except knowing what he must do, we enter a wild world of neurotic characters, domestic discord, and jagged compositions. Although very original, his previous works (“ Being John Malkovich” and “Adaptation,” to name two) deal with great confusion about life in general and what ever to do with it? Kaufman’s themes run through degenerate feelings and morbid dysfunctional messages throughout. Kaufman is not known for the happy ending. In the eyes of many writers (as in Charlie Kaufman’s script) love relationships are traced by bitter disputes and troubles in relating to one another’s basic needs. As the world sees it, especially in Hollywood it would seem, the view is towards brokenness and pain. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that you walk in love ( 2 John verse 6).Įverywhere we turn we see this present world disintegrating into selfishness and sin. Love: A passionate affection for someone ( Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary).Īnd this is Love: that we walk in obedience to His commands.
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