Or who knows, perhaps Sirot and Balboni were conscious that loads of regular sex scenes might get repetitive and so decided to liven things up visually. This doesn’t feel like an attempt to dodge a higher ratings classification (the film still contains full-frontal nudity), but more of a gesture to the magical realism inherent in the premise.
The other characters and actors are equally unattractive. The relationship between Joel and Clementine, who’s played by an unappealing Kate Winslet, is irritating and confusing. So it’s refreshing to see a film explore themes of openness, without that necessarily being the core concern.įormally speaking, “The (Ex)perience of Love” is a largely straightforward proposition, with the exception of a cute concept whereby straightforward sex scenes are replaced with little fantasias themed lightly around an aspect of the encounter - judo, laundry, hair-drying and so on. Directed by Michel Gondry, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is a miscast, ill-conceived work that probably will bore as many people as it will enthrall. Open relationships, while increasingly common in the real world, generally get short-changed in cinema, perhaps because so many plots don’t really work if a couple are open - if Dan in “Fatal Attraction” was able to tell his wife, “Look, heads up: That one-night stand I mentioned, bit full-on as it turns out,” the narrative would fall apart like wet pastry. Before long, the subject of ethical non-monogamy comes up.
It turns out, when Sandra and Rémy compare notes, that there is un petit discrepancy in their respective tallies of ex-lovers: While Rémy’s little black book contains just the three lucky ladies, Sandra’s magic number is in the dozens. Of course, this exotic premise is really just a jumping off point for a comedy-drama about romantic relationships - the audience is not meant to spent too much time thinking about the likelihood of such a condition you just have to go with it, as we did with the likes of “50 First Dates,” “13 Going on 30” or, in a different register, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” The point of such gambits is to provide an effective what-if framework, which this does perfectly well.
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