Very, very good (Contains massive spoiler)

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2001)

Rather than explain all the plot mechanics and timeline shifts that make Memento such a good piece of work, I'll point to one thing that I particularly like. When it is revealed that Leonard is in fact Sammy Jankis, the point is not over-stressed. There are really only two or three shots that display this fact to the audience. The director doesn't go back to bang into your head everything you've already seen, like M. Night Shyamalan does at the end of the Sixth Sense. Instead, it is assumed that the audience is smart enough to get the point without the complete and total reiteration of the last hour and a half. I like the fact that Christopher Nolan had enough respect for the audience to not do that.