Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) -

A quirky concept filmed in a quirky way with quirky direction and performances by the actors, who are also, let's face it, a little bit quirky!

It is actually nice though to see Jim tackling something different. I loved 'The Truman Show' (1998) and he was perfect for 'Ace Ventura' (1994) and 'The Mask' (1994), but after a while that character, that is a bit samey, gets quite tiring, so this performance was a refreshing change. He is probably the stand out for me, although Elijah Wood looks adorable, the little pocket rocket that he is.

The jumping chronology that's all over the place is quite confusing to start with and what starts off as something quite funny, turns into something a bit creepy. It's very clever, but then it gets even freakier. And then really freaky!

I can see why it's on Empire's Top 100 Films List, because it is something different, but I don't think that it is executed as well as it could have been to really get the message across.

I think it might have worked better for me if it had been simplified. Maybe it could have been a film short and focussed purely on how the process worked instead?

It would have been better if it was just him going to get his memory erased and then showed the process of him looking back over the painful memories and maybe with her rushing to get him to stop at the end, but just too late.

I personally feel that it would have better shown the "Careful What You Wish For" and other morals that the story was trying to make.

The stuff with the Gruffalo (Mark Ruffalo) and the Hobbit (Elijah) was unnecessary. Anything that was happening outside of his memories all felt a bit like filler to make it a cinema length production.

If not that, it probably should have ended with her getting her toothbrush for the second time to bring it all round full circle.

There is something about this film that is stuck in my head and that I enjoyed about it, but I think it might take another viewing for it to become clearer as to what that is.

575.88/1000.