Watch trailer for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Watch trailer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Opens on June 2
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Michel Gondry Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2004
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is back for some encores in early June!
A visually inventive and emotionally raw exploration of memory, love, and loss, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows Joel (Jim Carrey), a reserved man who discovers that his impulsive ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has undergone a medical procedure to erase all memories of their relationship. In a mix of desperation and curiosity, Joel decides to do the same — but as he relives his memories with her as they vanish one by one, he rediscovers just how deeply he loves her. The film unfolds largely inside Joel’s mind, blending surrealism with grounded emotion as he tries to hide Clementine in forgotten corners of his subconscious in an effort to resist the erasure.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was met with critical acclaim for its originality, emotional depth, and the dramatic range of Carrey and Winslet’s performances. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress (Winslet). It’s often cited as one of the defining films of the 2000s, celebrated for its bold storytelling structure, dreamlike visuals, and bittersweet meditation on memory and identity, and influencing countless films and series that navigate nonlinear timelines, unreliable narrators, and the fragile mechanics of human connection.