2004 - Rated R - 1 hr 48 min
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst
Oh.... this movie.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it, and my love has not waivered. By now, I've watched it a dozen times and I still have to go by Kate Winslet's hair color to make sure I know what point in time we're in.
The concept of this movie - the ability to wipe away the memories of a lost love from your life - is a highly polarizing one, but a fascinating one all the same. Would you do it? Should you do it? And what happens if during the procedure you change your mind, like Jim Carrey does? The sequence of them hiding in his early memories is so imaginative and so much fun to watch. By the end, you're really hoping they'll win.
The best part about this movie is that it doesn't just involve the procedure. It covers the before, during, and after. And even throws in a case of extreme after with Kirsten Dunst, who reacts to it in a way surprising for her character but not surprising in general. To go from worshipping the process and its creator, to suddenly being its victim. She does a brilliant job with this, and sets into motion the resolution for Carrey and Winslet as well. I'm glad it doens't just end with them forgetting each other. It's too far-fetched to think people who loved each other once wouldn't gravitate back to each other. Here, it's handled very well and very realistically.
One of my faves, by far.
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