It's all those memories that make up a person's life, and Joel and Clementine need that if they're to go on. Even if they do break-up again, they cannot be complete without knowing what it's like to be with each other, because it's a very literal missing piece of their respective puzzles.Įternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is about memory - and so too is life, but that goes for both good and bad. That, yes, it might not work out, but right now that's all part of the adventure they can go on together, as they re-discover who the other person is, and also find a big part of themselves that's been missing too. Joel and Clementine make the romantic choice at the end of Eternal Sunshine: that it's better to love, lose, love, and potentially lose again than it is to not have those real memories. Here's what happens and what it all really means. At once ambiguous and satisfying, and hopeful but with the potential of more devastation to follow, it's a stunning climax that lingers long after the credits have rolled. Related: Is Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind On Netflix, Hulu Or Prime?Įternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been celebrated as a modern masterpiece since its release, and a large part of that is down to its ending. Outside of its central characters, side plots involving Lacuna, the company who carry out the procedures, then begin to develop and coalesce, bringing everything together in the film's final third. As the story pushes forward, events replay with certain blanks being filled in, and their relationship has started to blossom - again to the audience, but for the first time to them.
Eternal Sunshine plays around with both time and genre, with large portions taking place in Joel's mind. Ultimately, over the course of the movie, Joel and Clementine do find their way back to each other, although it's not an easy path, nor a linear one.
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