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Best Film: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (R)

Louise Lawhead, Reporter

April 28, 2025

“What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she’s a stranger.” – “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)

This may be my favorite movie of all time.

Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) erases his memory of his ex-girlfriend after Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) underwent the same procedure, unhappy with their breakup.

Joel slowly watches his memories of Clementine fade away, and realizes he still loves her, despite her choice to erase him. He chases after her through the visions and she realizes the same, and the two try to hide in the memories in order to not be erased.

This movie is devastating. I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever felt so empty yet fulfilled after watching a film before. The two leads deliver insanely raw performances, something I honestly didn’t expect from Jim Carrey. Watch it.

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About the Contributor

Louise Lawhead, Reporter

Louise Lawhead is a sophomore reporter and is looking forward to her second year on Tatler. She is most excited to write not only fun articles about media and trends but also articles on important subjects and advocacy. Outside of school, you may find her in musicals, constantly watching movies or hanging out with her friends. Besides show tunes, her go-to music artists are Tyler, the Creator, TV Girl, Reneé Rapp and Radiohead. If Louise were banned from watching “Carrie” or the original Broadway cast of “Newsies” ever again, she would delete all social media and change her identity. She is looking forward to spending another year with this amazing group!