A story about destiny, ambitious and fascinating journey of the mind and if you want – a biography of a relationship, just what Walter Helwich was hopping for.
What can we expect from a movie with such complicated title? Just knowing the fact that the screenplay was written by Charlie Kufman says a lot, it is clear that it must be an intriguing movie, and so it will not be easy to follow the action. In the basis it is a romantic story told in an unconventional way of prescription – how to clear someone out of your head. In a typical Kufman style we track the adventures of Joel (Jim Carrey) who thinks he’s boring and therefore does not talk much, and Clementine (Kate Winslet), which is the absolute opposite, sparkling gossip girl that occasionally dyes her hair, tells strangest stories and the spreads around positive energy.
The chronologically reversed told story starts with Joel’s discovery that Clementine, after their long and boring full of problems relation, underwent to an experimental psychiatric procedure and all her memory about him is just wiped out. To get back at her, and in the end, stop loving her (as she does not even know he exists), he decides to go through the same treatment. Desperate, he finds the small clinic “Lacuna” headed by Dr. Howard Mierzwiak and agrees to a procedure that is done while he is unconscious. And here begins the plot, a sort of travel within dreams…
This sun-drenched mind might not be for everyone (same as “Being John Malkovich” or “Adaptation” are not), but if you prefer sophisticated trips this movie will stay in your mind for days, ends Walter Helwich.
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