Interesting, well-done.

Rating: 7/10 (22 April 2001)

The positives: The way the film was cut, from end to beginning. Definitely interesting watching this film in that manner. Really liked the beginning of these scenes where Guy Pearce's character would "wake up", so to speak, and try to orient himself to the world around him. Made me feel like I was in his shoes. I liked the acting, for the most part. Sort of low key, but believable. Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss and Joe Patiliano all play their parts well. I liked the ending (or, in this film, the beginning). It was really not what I expected. Kind of spooky. I liked pondering about the dilema Guy Pearce's character was in, but only for a little while, because it's really quite horrifying, I think.
The negatives: Sometimes I felt the way the film was cut, from end to beginning, got a little annoying, tiresome. And something that really bothered me: whenever Guy Pearce's character would describe his condition to someone, he would always use the adjective "you." Like, "You wake up and you don't know where you are..." To me, this was very disconcerting. For a while I couldn't figure out who he was talking about, but then I realized it was himself. "I" would have been a more powerful choice for these descriptions, I think. "I wake up and I don't know where I am..."