Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

"This movie is fantastic, it gives us what we all secretly, and maybe desperately wish for-- a chance to forget something that's hurt us in the past. The viewer can live vicariously through the two dysfunctional characters that are just like myself or anyone else. We sympathize with the characters, we come to love them. The relationship problems are the same, The, fighting, and the bickering are things we all can relate to. The acting was wonderful throughout the movie, I actually forgot that I was watching funny man Jim Carrey. Carrey and Winslet pull off a great performance, both ditching the typecasts that they've been shackled with. Not only did the movie give us the opportunity to see what it would be like once painful memories were erased, but it also gave us the opportunity to see that everything deserves a second chance. The ending leaves the viewer with the ability to imagine how the characters' lives will end. An idealist may say that they lived happily ever after; a pessimist may say that they just reverted to disliking each other again. Any way you slice it, it leaves you to imagining your own ending; a characteristic some movies tend to leave out. Ultimately, this movie makes you think, 'What if...?' It gives new meaning to the phrase "You never know what you've got until it's gone." This is a must see movie!