Vastly overrated

Rating: 6/10 (28 November 2001)

Well, I fell for the hype after noticing that Memento had been voted into the All Time Top Ten and rented the DVD. What a waste of time. Not since Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" have I've seen such an example of technique masquerading as a movie.
Ooh. The movie starts from the end, how cool and original. I suspect few movie devotees would have been nearly as interested if the film has been in normal linear mode. After straining to notice each hidden clue, I was dumbfounded when this "classic" ended. The star - Guy Pierce - gave a wooden "Keanu" performance, although in all fairness, he was given little to work with. I couldn't give a damn about any of the characters. The constant cut backs became mind numbingly annoying. No, I did NOT enjoy this movie.
News flash. The emperor had no clothes and this movie stunk!