film noir that forces you to think

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2002)

i saw memento on several high recommendations and was not disappointed. the premise is easy enough to understand, but keeps the audience involved as they must reconstruct the plot after every scene. the story has one especially dark and clever twist, but other than that is rather generic to this style of movie. acting is also good, though in my opinion, the acting is not what makes this movie. not the "best movie ever", but a good one with a few traits that i hope aren't exploited in mainstreem movies to come.