I had seen this when it first came out 20 years ago and really enjoyed it. It's creative and strange and interesting. Watched it again yesterday and felt the same.

But I also had a different thought about it.

The plot revolves around a couple, Joel and Clementine, who are breaking up. She decides to "erase" all her memories of him to alleviate any pain from the breakup so he decides to do the same. But midway through the procedure he changes his mind and tries to hide some of his memories of her in places the memory eraser guys won't find (the shame places are hilarious). The end is ambiguous, whether or not they stay together.

My different thought this time was around was that they probably shouldn't stay together. The few flashbacks to when they were a couple don't seem very healthy. She's an extrovert and he's an introvert and not that two opposites like this can't work (indeed they often do) but when those differences are a source of irritation, especially so soon into a relationship, that's not a good sign. Plus her drinking is clearly an issue for him (he comments on it often enough). I think they'd be better off finding better partners. But not erasing their memories - because as the saying goes: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. We learn from every relationship, the good and the bad ones. So keep the memories and do better in the future.

Anyway, enjoyed the movie. And what a cast! Besides the stars (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) this film features very early-in-their-career performances by (Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood). And writer/director Charlie Kaufman is always entertaining.