Memento Stands Alone

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2005)

Throughout the whole movie you sit in suspense, but there is really nothing tangible to wrap any emotion around. And then it happens. At the closing of the movie, I was overcome with a feeling I struggle to understand, let alone verbally express. The best way that I can describe it is that every emotion a person normally feels throughout the course of a movie, which you don't in this movie, all come rushing back to you at once at the very end of the film. It was almost dizzying to me, but in a good way. The characters are complex and very much human. The acting is superb from the leading roles on down to the supporting actors. It takes effort to watch this movie, but it is well worth it in the end. This is an absolute must see, if there ever was.