Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vs Zero Sum

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Zero Sum). Zero Sum is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 48m. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind posterEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 VS Zero Sum posterZero Sum2016
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindZero Sum
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.5/10
Year20042016
Length1h 48m19m
GenresDrama, Romance, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorMichel GondryJimmy Hay
Main castKate Winslet, Jim Carrey, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Tom WilkinsonAimee-Ffion Edwards, Phil Davis, Poppy Pedder

Synopsis

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Zero Sum

Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth removes the tube and as the searing pain subsides, her memory begins to return. She looks out of the window and sees hundreds of identical ships orbiting a green planet. Ruth remembers the pledge she made to begin a new life, light years away from the earth. Suddenly there's a noise from the…

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