Continuity mistake: Mary and Stan are lying on Joel's bed talking, with the plate of food between them. When the camera looks down on them, Joel's hand is on the plate. The shot changes at one point to a close up of Mary's face and Joel's hand is not there anymore, but reappears when the shot changes again. (00:49:20)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Plot summary
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Gerry Robert Byrne
Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers that his long-time girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has undergone an experimental procedure that erases all her memories of him after their failed relationship. Frustrated, Joel decides to undergo the same procedure and have Clementine erased from his memory. Once the procedure starts, however, Joel realizes he doesn't really want to forget her. He begins smuggling her into other parts of his memory, but this alters his other memories.
More mistakes in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joel: My God, there's people coming out of your butt.
Trivia: In the scene where they're looking at the elephants, director Michel Gondry pulled Kate away from Jim - so in the shot where Joel looks around for Clementine, it's actually Jim Carrey's real reaction, because he's looking for Kate Winslet.
Question: It was mentioned several times throughout the movie that Lacuna Inc gets really busy on Valentines, and also at Joel's place when the tech guy tells Patrick to stop fooling around as they have to get moving to other jobs... So what happened to all the other clients since the remainder of the night was spent at Joel's place?
Answer: When the techs are packing up then next morning, the young guy (Kirsten's boyfriend) says something about having to get to the next job. So its safe to assume the erasure takes a good 8 hours to complete normally but Joel kept fighting them so it would have taken a little longer.