A portrait of memories of our life

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2020)

Memento is undoubtedly one of Christopher Nolan's best movie of his career. Though, it is not a commercial movie as it doesn't falls in the mainstream cinema.Still it manages to influence us.
The plot revolves around a guy named Leonard Shelby or Lenny (Guy Pearce) who suffers from amnesia and tries to find the person who raped and killed his wife. He just can't make new memories. So, he uses notes, tattoos and Polaroid cameras to make new memories. One thing is that, the story runs backwards, jumping back and forth after every scene, which creates a suspense. Guy pearce has done a good acting, neither too bland nor too overreacting.
The problem with it is that, it couldn't explain how can he remember that he is amnesiac. It's a major plot hole. Also, the suspense created doesn't result in some extraordinary or satisfying result.