extraordinary, humorless and ambiguous... brilliant in my opinion

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2014)

Sorry for the bad English. This is my first review and i'm not a native speaker.
What makes this movie (and most of Nolan's movies) so strong is, that it combines an intelligent plot with a personal drama. It also shows, that the writers and the director want to serve cinematic demands as well as literary. It manages a symbiosis, that is, in my opinion, very hard to shoot.
The story itself is not that complicated. Leonard lost his wife and is out for her murderer. He has no short-term memory, what makes it almost impossible for him to be a good pathfinder, that's why he has a system to remember things, including notes, photos and tattoos.
This Story is told from the last scene to the first of chronological order.
Besides there is a chronologically told story of Leonard investigating against a man, who he thinks is a insurance fraudster.
At the end the two stories climax together as nothing is as it seemed.
I loved the backward storytelling so the recipient does not know more than the main character. beyond that the movie shows, which tricks our brain plays us to make us feel comfortable. At this point we see short story character, that never has been come to big screen before. (In my opinion)
The acting is good. Only the character Teddy is a bit overacted by Joe Pantoliano, but on the other hand it fits his role.
All in all I loved to sit in a scene and feel as uninformed as the main character. I loved the ending, that is far away from a happy end.
One of my favorites...