Jerry Warriner and Lucy Warriner at the beginning of the film are a married couple who get a divorce after an argument of mutual jealously and suspicion as both members of the couple suspect the other of being unfaithful.
Unlike Eternal Sunshine, The Awful Truth is presented in a much more straight forward, chronological way.
After discovering that they have both had their memories whipped after a failed relationship, the two decide to give their relationship a second chance. However soon after he’s had his memories of Clementine erased, he runs into her again and the two soon re-develop their initial attraction seen in the earlier memories (a very unique aspect of Eternal Sunshine is that most of the story is presented through Joel’s memories and not in chronological order). However once the process has started, Joel realises he doesn’t want to forget Clementine at all, and fights against the process, which at first he seems to lose against. However near the end of the relationship the two are constantly fighting, and after one particularly vicious shouting match, Clementine gets Joel erased from her memory by an organisation called the “Lacuna Corporation”, and when he finds out, Joel gets the same process done to him. They soon enter quite a serious (they move in together and at one point even talk about having kids) and long term (2 years) relationship. Joel Barish (played by Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) are a couple that meet at a friend’s beach party and immediately develop a connection as they are both outsiders at the party, sitting far away from other party goers.
Since the couples from the films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) and The Awful Truth (1937 Leo McCarey) are both presented in their own unique ways, it is best to take a quick look at the story of both couples.
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