Recommended by someone at work. As charming as charming films get, and so 'of its time' it hurts. Mark Knopfler's main theme makes me cry with happiness.

Remember when they used to make big budget, 18 rated, action films with double meanings for adults? - If you were lucky enough to see them as a 12 year old, even better. Today, its a baron wasteland of regurgitated, 12A, watered down shandy.

The effects hold up remarkably well - even this must have been snuck through the studio system to some extent.

Is it normal to feel nostalgic about a time & place I didn't even exist in?

It takes about 30 seconds into any rewatch of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind to be reminded of its genius.