If Jim Carrey’s quest to find hidden cameras and outmaneuver automated weather doesn’t quite check the boxes for some fans, the runner-up among his Rotten Tomatoes-rated entries might be a good alternative. Michel Gondry’s mind-bending, heart-breaking movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is a more serious stab at a performance from Carrey, opposite Kate Winslet, and sits with a rating of 92%. Together, the pair are two halves of a break-up who both resort to a special procedure of intentional memory loss to forget about their former flames.
An equally original and absolutely gripping story, the 2004 film earned Winslet an Oscar nomination and sits as one of Carrey’s best performances that doesn’t demand he wear a pea-green mask or try to hunt down a missing football mascot. While the famous funnyman has dipped back into drama on occasion since these two impressive entries, those films haven’t struck quite the same chord as his time as Truman or the heartbroken Joel Barish. They’re certainly a far cry from his most recent stints as the sworn enemy of a talking hedgehog.
Remember to check out the untold truth of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”
