Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind details

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Formats: 15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring: Jim Carrey, Elijah Wood, Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Jane Adams, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Michel Gondry
Genres: Comedy - Romantic, Drama - Crime, General, Romance - General, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Studio: MOMENTUM PICTURES
Collections: Broken Hearts, Feel Good Films, Love is in the Air, Our Favourites, Sick Of Soccer, Top 400 All-Time Rentals
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rental release: 04 Oct 2004
Main languages: English
Hearing impaired subtitles: English
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  • Peerless

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By Aman1 from Middlesex , 20 Aug 2004

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    This is an intensely moving film. It is uncommon to see a film that has a peerless script, groundbreaking directing and wonderfully gifted acting all in one film.

    This is Kaufman’s best script to date, combining the ambitiousness of Adaptation and the mind mapping scenario of Being John Malkovich. It merges both, and transcends them, and is probably the finest script he will ever write. Structurally it is watertight, and multiple viewings confirm this. It is always easy for a film with multiple flashbacks to lose itself, or become confusing, but Eternal manages to find a balance not seen since Memento.

    Gondry’s cinematic directorial debut is simply a pleasure to watch. He allows the actors a degree of freedom, which helps produce the remarkable acting that they provide. His unique camerawork suits the script perfectly, and one can only hope him and Kaufman can work together again.

    Kate Winslet is shockingly good in this film, and Carey is not far behind; although once or twice he strays into his pre-Truman Show sort of role. The rest of the cast is equally strong, with Tom Wilkinson playing his role with a remarkably subtle charisma.

    All of these ingredients together provide a highly unusual and rewarding viewing experience.
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  • A lesson in true love and loss

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By KarenTC (1 review) , 28 Apr 2013
    What an amazing film. I'm still thinking about it several days later... It teaches us that for all the pain of losing true love, we still have the good memories to cherish. Wonderful!
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  • Dialogue Quite Hard To Make Out..

    Rated - 3.5 stars  
    By Richie77777 (255 reviews) from Essex , 21 Apr 2013
    One of the things I didn't like about, 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind,' was the dialogue was often quite hard to make out. Joel, (Carey) mumbles and talks in a very low beat voice. That said, if you've ever been crazily in love with someone only for it to end and you enjoy the memories then this film will resonate with you. As is often the case with movies, it also shows the darker side of the human personality when there's an advantage to be had.
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  • forgetable mostly

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By wilsonwilson (9 reviews) , 06 Mar 2013
    tale which seeks to teach us about the course of true love. unusual premise about memory erasure. only truly 50 minutes long as all the film is shown twice. director seems to have realised the audience would tire and has thrown in a handfull of morsels in the form of kate and kirstens smalls-probably worth a watch for these.
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  • Must be intellegent to get it

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer , 07 Jan 2013

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    I read the reviews from this site and it looked like a good watch. but unfortunatley i did not understand this and therefore I was unable to enjoy it. I think you must need a degree to rent this.
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  • Definitely worth warching

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By lsharp91 (1 review) , 13 Nov 2012
    Incredible movie, very nice to see Jim Carey perform in a serious role but still incorporate his humour. One of my all time favourite films. Fully recommend this to anybody of all ages
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