An excellent movie--intense and original.

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2001)

The original style of storytelling is highly effective. The plot is intense and interesting. In fact, this movie has only one bad point--its low replay value. A large part of the movie's intensity revolves around being in the same shoes as the protagonist, not knowing anything about a character beyond a brief hand-written note. Once you know the full chronological story, which characters are good and which bad, the movie loses a lot of its effect.
If you haven't seen Memento, go rent it--it's excellent. However, once you've seen it once, little can be gained by seeing it again.

Rating: 10/10 for first viewing, 4/10 after that. 8/10 overall.