The Best Film of 2001

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2001)

Perhaps "Memento" is just a narrative trick after all. The trick works though. From the opening sequence, the viewer dives into a world of mystery and leaves much of the interpretation up to the spectators. In a year featuring dud after dud, a film like this restored my hope in entertaining film-making. Christopher Nolan (the director and screenwriter), along with the editor and actors deserve all the kudos for giving the public a film, which is entertaining and actually requires effort. When so many movies ("Jurassic Park III", "Tomcats", etc.) are having the audience leave their brain at the door, this is one notable exception. The performances are all first-rate, but the story is the star here. The film plays with narrative structure and has many scenes, moments and images which refer back to others. This film, like "The Usual Suspects", will have you coming back again and again to see what you missed before. A 10 out of 10.