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Love-hate relationships. People change ok. I have read some negative reviews on this movie where people seem to complain about how they prefer Jim Carrey to be `Jim Carrey' AKA the persona that plays the mask, Ace Ventura, liar liar, Bruce Almighty etc. Well I can't blame him for wanting to explore his other side, even if we, the public, prefer to have our funny bones tickled. What if, in his next movie, he played a violent rapist? Would we bitch and moan about how we want our friendly likable persona back, or praise him to the stars if he did a decent job? Who knows? Onto the film, I personally enjoyed it. To me it demonstrates how, when we our hurt by someone we care about, we see them in a wholly negative light, and if asked, we will rant about all their bad points. I know I've done it in the past. Joel gets severely hurt by Clementine. He then decides to completely erase her from his memory. Before the procedure he compiles a tape about his feelings for her. All are negative. About how he dislikes her for this trait and that trait of her personality. Only halfway through the procedure he realizes that she has many positive qualities about her and remembers all the happy and meaningful memories they shared as well as the bad. And since there is not one without the other he tries, in vein, to stop the procedure. To cling onto those precious, irreplaceable memories. I thoroughly enjoyed this film I didn't find it complicated, but it was certainly thought provoking. I recommend that you rent it first though. The supporting cast were excellent as well, especially Kirsten Dunst. Unfortunately Elijah Wood will always remind me of Frodo but hey, I wont pigeonhole Jim Carrey ever again.