Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

3/5
(91 votes)
8.3IMDb89Metascore

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Cast

Goofs

When Clementine and Joel see each other again at the diner near the beginning of the movie, the shadow of the camera is visible off to the left.

Members of the public can be seen waving to the camera while Joel is driving in his car.

During the "operation", Mary passes a joint to Stan.

In the next shot, Mary has the joint again.

Mary's hair changes from "windswept" (long shots) to neat (close-up) and back again when talking to Howard outside Joel's apartment, after Howard's wife catches them together and drives off.

When Clementine goes to Joel's building foyer, and meets Joel's neighbor (the "McRomance" guy), the actor waiting to walk into the scene is reflected in the door.

When Clem gets out of the car to get her toothbrush, a mic pack is clearly visible under her shirt.

Near the end of the film when Mary is walking around the corner with her box of belongings and cassettes, the man walking directly behind her disappears for one shot.

When Clemetine and Joel are meeting on the train in the beginning, the hair around Clemetine's face alternates from being neatly curled to being more frizzy and separated.

When Mary first comes to Joel's apartment to visit Stan and Patrick, she goes into the kitchen to pour drinks.

Just after she says "Let me do the honors," the pendulum of the clock on the wall is not moving.

About 2 seconds later, as she is pouring the drinks, the pendulum on the clock is swinging.

Long Island Railroad trains are shown with a red stripe on the cars.

This is the livery color for trains on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line.

LIRR trains are blue.

In the beginning of the movie, as Clementine is walking on the beach, you can see her take a couple of steps on the wet sand near the water, but in the next shot, as Joel is looking at her, she is standing on dry sand.

In the scene where Mary first comes into Joel's apartment, Patrick and Stan had been drinking beer.

At first, just before the door is opened, they are both Rolling Rock (green bottles).

After she has entered, Stan's beer turns into a Labatt Blue (brown bottle).

While on the train on the way from Montauk point, Joel and Clementine are shown to ride the train to their destination of Rockville Centre, NY but the Montauk branch of the Long Island Railroad only spans as far as Babylon, NY (a full 12 stops away from Rockville Centre, NY).

When Clementine asks if she is ugly, Joel calls her "Tangerine" after the scene where she died her hair orange and he gave her this nickname.

The film shows Joel's memories of Clementine working backwards from when she left to when they met, so Clementine would not have this nickname yet.

However, because Joel is conscious of his memories (as well as manipulating them consciously at the time) and had heard Patrick in the previous scene calling Clementine by this nickname, it's possible that he calls her "Tangerine" for this reason.

Many of the continuity errors listed here may well be deliberate.

In the DVD extras, the movie makers explain that they played with the continuity to underline the struggle between the doctor and technicians trying to erase the memories and Joel trying to hold on to them.

When Joel and Clementine sit down on a tree trunk in a forest, a log behind them moves up and down quite significantly as if someone stepped on it.

After deleting a memory, the camera pans from Joel in an overhead shot, moving then to Stan and Patrick.

A bundle of wires can be seen on the floor in between the bed and table, one of which is obviously not plugged into anything.

Director Michel Gondry pointed out this error in the commentary of the film.

Joel's Toyota Corolla alternates between between different hubcap designs in different shots set on the same day.

Awards

Art Directors Guild 2005


Excellence in Production Design Award
Contemporary Film

Austin Film Critics Association 2009


AFCA Award
Best Movie of the Decade

Australian Film Institute 2004


AFI Award
Best Foreign Film

Awards Circuit Community Awards 2012


ACCA
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress of the Decade
Best Cast Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Film Editing
Best Motion Picture
Best Original Score
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay of the Decade

BAFTA Awards 2005


BAFTA Film Award
Best Editing
Best Film
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Screenplay - Original

Bodil Awards 2005


Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004


BSFC Award
Best Screenplay

Bram Stoker Awards 2005


Bram Stoker Award
Screenplay

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005


Critics Choice Award
Best Actress
Best Picture
Best Writer

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2005


COFCA Award
Best Picture
Best Screenplay

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2005


Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005


CDG Award
Excellence in Contemporary Film

Czech Lions 2005


Czech Lion
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2005


DFWFCA Award
Best Actress
Best Picture

Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2005


Robert
Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)

Deauville Film Festival 2004


Grand Special Prize

Directors Guild of Great Britain 2005


DGGB Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2009


DFCC
Best Film of the Decade

European Film Awards 2004


Screen International Award

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2004


FCCA Award
Best Foreign Film - English Language

Ghent International Film Festival 2004


Youth Jury Award

Gold Derby Awards 2005


Gold Derby Award
Cinematography
Director
Ensemble Cast
Film Editing
Lead Actor
Lead Actress
Lead Actress of the Decade
Motion Picture
Motion Picture of the Decade
Original Score
Original Screenplay
Original Screenplay of the Decade

Golden Schmoes Awards 2004


Golden Schmoes
Best Actor of the Year
Best Actress of the Year
Best Director of the Year
Best Music in a Movie
Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year
Best Screenplay of the Year
Best Trailer of the Year
Favorite Movie of the Year
Favorite Movie Poster of the Year
Trippiest Movie of the Year

Golden Trailer Awards 2004


Golden Trailer
Most Original

Gotham Awards 2004


Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Feature

Hugo Awards 2005


Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form

Indiewire Critics' Poll 2009


ICP Award
Best Film of the Decade

International Cinephile Society Awards 2005


ICS Award
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Best Picture
Best Screenplay

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2005


INOCA
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Film Editing
Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Visual Effects

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2005


IOMA
Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista)
Best Art Direction (Miglior scenografia)
Best Director (Miglior regia)
Best Editing (Miglior montaggio)
Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale)
Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
Best Picture (Miglior film)
Best Visual Effects (Migliori effetti visivi)

Jupiter Award 2005


Jupiter Award
Best International Actor
Best International Actress

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2005


Sierra Award
Best Actress
Best Picture
Best Screenplay

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2005


ALFS Award
British Actress of the Year
Director of the Year
Film of the Year
Screenwriter of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2004


LAFCA Award
Best Screenplay
Film of the Decade

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2004


NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Best Film
Best Screenplay

Online Film & Television Association 2018


OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Casting
Best Cinematic Moment
Best Director
Best Ensemble
Best Film Editing
Best Official Film Website
Best Picture
Motion Picture

Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005


OFCS Award
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture

PEN Center USA West Literary Awards 2006


Literary Award
Screenplay

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2004


PFCS Award
Best Editing
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Prêmio Guarani 2005


Premio Guarani
Best Foreign Film

Russian National Movie Awards 2005


Georges Award
Best Blockbuster Movie

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2004


SDFCS Award
Best Actor
Best Editing

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2005


Outstanding Performer of the Year Award

Satellite Awards 2005


Golden Satellite Award
Best Visual Effects

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 2005


Nebula Award
Best Script

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005


Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Seattle Film Critics Awards 2004


Seattle Film Critics Award
Best Picture

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2004


SEFCA Award
Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2004


TFCA Award
Best Director
Best Screenplay

Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2004


UFCA Award
Best Screenplay

Village Voice Film Poll 2004


VVFP Award
Best Film
Best Screenplay

Visual Effects Society Awards 2005


VES Award
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2004


WAFCA Award
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director
Best Film

World Soundtrack Awards 2004


World Soundtrack Award
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
Discovery of the Year

Box Office

DateAreaGross
20 June 2004 USA USD 34,126,138
13 June 2004 USA USD 33,971,672
6 June 2004 USA USD 33,745,508
30 May 2004 USA USD 33,473,509
23 May 2004 USA USD 32,944,436
16 May 2004 USA USD 32,399,781
9 May 2004 USA USD 31,721,817
2 May 2004 USA USD 30,928,429
25 April 2004 USA USD 29,718,070
18 April 2004 USA USD 28,106,424
11 April 2004 USA USD 25,863,153
4 April 2004 USA USD 21,919,041
28 March 2004 USA USD 16,551,047
21 March 2004 USA USD 8,175,198
USA USD 34,400,301
20 June 2004 UK GBP 4,874,405
13 June 2004 UK GBP 4,785,734
6 June 2004 UK GBP 4,670,792
30 May 2004 UK GBP 4,527,102
23 May 2004 UK GBP 4,108,235
16 May 2004 UK GBP 3,483,597
9 May 2004 UK GBP 2,659,161
2 May 2004 UK GBP 1,045,501
Worldwide USD 73,169,222
Non-USA USD 38,768,921
30 June 2004 Australia AUD 3,377,790
23 June 2004 Australia AUD 3,329,526
16 June 2004 Australia AUD 3,271,369
9 June 2004 Australia AUD 3,170,715
2 June 2004 Australia AUD 3,031,376
26 May 2004 Australia AUD 2,854,557
19 May 2004 Australia AUD 2,655,517
12 May 2004 Australia AUD 2,318,757
5 May 2004 Australia AUD 2,059,683
28 April 2004 Australia AUD 1,573,702
21 April 2004 Australia AUD 913,635
14 April 2004 Australia AUD 137,624
13 March 2005 Italy EUR 2,733,369
20 February 2005 Italy EUR 2,726,861
4 February 2005 Italy EUR 2,723,376
30 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,720,532
23 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,715,791
16 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,710,457
9 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,703,383
2 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,693,458
26 December 2004 Italy EUR 2,679,508
19 December 2004 Italy EUR 2,672,704
12 December 2004 Italy EUR 2,660,444
5 December 2004 Italy EUR 2,614,357
28 November 2004 Italy EUR 2,564,019
21 November 2004 Italy EUR 2,472,109
14 November 2004 Italy EUR 2,307,344
7 November 2004 Italy EUR 2,030,413
31 October 2004 Italy EUR 1,320,115
24 October 2004 Italy EUR 736,680
24 October 2004 Italy EUR 592,866
12 December 2004 Netherlands EUR 650,460
28 November 2004 Netherlands EUR 617,747
7 November 2004 Netherlands EUR 538,840
24 October 2004 Netherlands EUR 442,583
26 September 2004 Netherlands EUR 182,488
19 September 2004 Netherlands EUR 91,187
DateAreaGrossScreens
21 March 2004 USA USD 8,175,198 1,353
2 May 2004 UK GBP 1,045,501 343
16 April 2004 Australia USD 569,583 60
21 May 2004 Austria USD 38,126
23 July 2004 Brazil USD 286,983 65
30 April 2004 Europe USD 1,568,495 343
21 May 2004 Germany USD 298,547
14 May 2004 Hong Kong USD 141,101 12
24 October 2004 Italy EUR 592,866 170
18 March 2005 Japan USD 268,118 20
19 September 2004 Netherlands EUR 71,686 18
18 June 2004 South Africa USD 38,127 10
DateAreaGrossScreens
20 June 2004 USA USD 79,725 76
13 June 2004 USA USD 119,120 98
6 June 2004 USA USD 185,156 136
30 May 2004 USA USD 356,687 187
23 May 2004 USA USD 342,428 231
16 May 2004 USA USD 413,483 294
9 May 2004 USA USD 565,671 339
2 May 2004 USA USD 807,263 406
25 April 2004 USA USD 1,111,048 501
18 April 2004 USA USD 1,367,316 575
11 April 2004 USA USD 2,447,862 734
4 April 2004 USA USD 3,443,878 1,120
28 March 2004 USA USD 5,256,206 1,357
21 March 2004 USA USD 8,175,198 1,353
20 June 2004 UK GBP 43,580 51
13 June 2004 UK GBP 60,271 83
6 June 2004 UK GBP 67,183 75
30 May 2004 UK GBP 218,973 247
23 May 2004 UK GBP 345,485 329
16 May 2004 UK GBP 414,682 347
9 May 2004 UK GBP 819,783 347
2 May 2004 UK GBP 1,045,501 343
20 February 2005 Italy EUR 1,681 2
4 February 2005 Italy EUR 1,705 1 screen
30 January 2005 Italy EUR 2,932 2
23 January 2005 Italy EUR 3,412 2
16 January 2005 Italy EUR 3,888 2
9 January 2005 Italy EUR 3,884 2
2 January 2005 Italy EUR 8,049 3
26 December 2004 Italy EUR 5,486 3
19 December 2004 Italy EUR 3,620 4
12 December 2004 Italy EUR 24,744 19
5 December 2004 Italy EUR 29,385 12
28 November 2004 Italy EUR 45,198 15
21 November 2004 Italy EUR 94,886 35
14 November 2004 Italy EUR 149,988 60
7 November 2004 Italy EUR 343,062 146
31 October 2004 Italy EUR 471,293 166
12 December 2004 Netherlands EUR 9,465 13
28 November 2004 Netherlands EUR 14,203 12
7 November 2004 Netherlands EUR 30,390 11
24 October 2004 Netherlands EUR 41,764 18
26 September 2004 Netherlands EUR 63,126 18
19 September 2004 Netherlands EUR 71,686 18

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Reviews

Hands down what is going to stand out in this movie is the performances by Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey. These two breathe life into these two characters.

I watched this movie with high expectations, and now I feel a bit dissapointed. The movie has everything to be outstanding ( A very good and original plot, and great actors) but somehow it fails to create that deep feeling that a love story should have, and it fails in being interesting.

I'm in absolute disbelief at all the 10/10s this is getting.. it's like the director wanted to make an abstract art piece instead of a movie, here's a honest review.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is simply one of the best 'romantic' movies for portraying love in its all its messy yet wonderful forms in a creative and imaginative way. The movie focuses on Joel's and Clementine's relationship, or 'post relationship'.

A very insightful story about relationships. Are they really that hard?

Are the ones we want to forget.Clementine Cruczynski has been cleared of all the memories she has of Joel Barish.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A story about Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet), a couple of misfits that become romantically involved, lavishing in the passion of their fire.

This was by far the best film I have seen in years for real life romance. Living paycheck to paycheck and trying to find love out there had these two in a whirl.

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