Unforgettable

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2001)

Truly strange, fascinating film which raises as many questions as
it answers. What are we, if not the sum of our memories? Can we
ever truly know anything? Leonard Shelby is trapped in a
postmodern version of Hell, haunted by his last permanent
memory (of his wife, raped and dying) and desperately trying to
find her killer using his "system" of photos, notes, and tattoos. The
movie takes a great deal more patience than most moviegoers
possess, but with careful study the movie will develop before your
eyes like one of Leonard's Polaroids. That doesn't mean you'll
understand it, though- this is my third viewing, and I'm no closer to
a coherent theory of what happened than after the first. It's like a
video Rorshach test- what a person sees in the movie tells a great
deal about themselves. See it, and tell others what you think- but
don't believe Teddy's lies.