I must warn you that Eternal is told in reverse chronology. Please do not be put off by that as I assure you a good film will be missed. Joel (Jim) and Clementine (Kate) break up because they are too blind to see how good they are for each other. Clementine decides to have the memories of Joel erased, with the help of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom) and his assistants Stan (Mark), Mary (Kirsten), and the very slimy Patrick (Elijah). When Joel discovers this, he too chooses to have the procedure, but soon realizes that he does not want to expunge Clementine's memories. He catches on pretty quickly that regardless of how many horrible times they had together there was something special that was also shared and that every relationship brings forth some significance. And that is how the story unfolds, with Joel trying to hold on to Clementine as Dr. Howard and the gang work to erase her. There are a couple of side plots that add yet another layer of interesting depth to this story. The story is pretty unique and the dialogue is very clever. Favorite line:

"I am not a concept. I'm just a *#*#*-up girl trying to find my own peace of mind."

I love that!!

Did you know?

While there are some moments of slight comic relief, this movie is a relatively serious piece. I have heard several people say that Jim is very different in this role than any of his prior Ventura-Cable Guy-Mask work. Not exactly true. Without researching it on the Web, email me if you can name the pre-Ace Ventura television movie in which Carrey portrayed a very serious, tortured soul, without a trace of comedy. He was fabulous. What was the movie?