Very innovative structure, but it gets tired soon (spoilers)

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2002)

When the first scene of the film began, I knew I wasn't watching your average movie. After reading so many good reviews, and hearing here or there about this movie, I became really interested in it. I was expecting one of the greatest movies of the decade, it was pretty good, but it is highly overrated. The idea of starting backwards it very interesting, but it becomes predictable very soon. The characters are very two-dimensional, the cinematography it's very average. The only innovative aspect it's the script, wich has very big flaws...
For example, when Leonard says that the police doesn't believe him, how could he remember? And how does he remember that he writes down everything on photos and tatoos? And that he is seeking the murderer of his wife? He would have to read A LOT to know what he did since the murdering of his wife.
Overrall, it's an entertaining movie, if you consider that this is the best movie of all time, maybe that's because you haven't watched The Godfather or Citizen Kane. If you want something better from the same year (2000), try the mexican movie "Amores Perros" (wrongfully translated "Love's a bitch").