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I’ve been meaning to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for a few weeks now. This afternoon, I finally managed to get to a theater. It is a really spectacular movie. I absolutely loved it.

It’s intelligent and feeling, real and fantastical. This is easily Kaufman’s best movie to date. When I saw Being John Malkovich, I thought it was interesting and unlike anything I’d seen before, but it felt more like an experiment than a movie. Adaptation was better, but it fell apart at the end. This one though was just absolutely perfect.

Well, OK. A few of the side stories could have been eliminated or greatly cut down. I would have much rather had more of the love/loss of the main characters. That’s a minor nit though. I can’t wait to get the DVD so I can watch it over and over and over again.

If you haven’t seen it yet, run to a theater and check it out.