This interaction between the couple follows the audience’s general expectations on how the two lovers should meet and interact throughout the rest of the film, but by dismantling that expectation it has already performed, the audience is taken back. ![]() ![]() ![]() The “meet-cute” in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn’t actually a “meet-cute.” Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet) have already had a two-year relationship by this point, but the audience doesn’t know this until 20 minutes into the film. Then add in the conflict and some witty, back-and-forth banter, and you have the perfect “meet-cute.” There is an awkwardness to their conversation to show the butterflies that both characters feel. It’s that moment when a boy meets a girl for the first time, and sparks fly.
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