A Compelling Psychological Thriller

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2020)

Memento is a neo-noir psychological thriller with motifs of memory, grief, and self-deception.
The main character, Leonard Shelby, who suffers from anterograde amnesia (the inability to create new memories), relies on an intricate system of Polaroid photographs and tattoos to track the elusive John G., the man who raped and murdered his wife and took away his memory.
A sequence of black-and-white scenes in chronological order is interspersed with a sequence of color scenes in reverse order (simulating the main character's mental state for the audience). The two sequences coincide at the climax, which is chronologically at the midpoint of the story. Along the way, all characters develop plans to exact revenge through manipulating others.
Memento is the greatest movie ever made. Every line of dialogue is compelling, and every image is a work of art.