Excellent and unique

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 2001)

I gave Memento a 9 out of 10. I did not get a chance to see it in the theatre when it came out but I bought the DVD recently.

A friend mentioned to me what a great movie this was and mentioned the plot and some details to me - usually this does not bother me, but unfortunately, this time it made the movie slightly less enjoyable for me since I knew too much about the movie. If you have not seen this movie yet, try not to learn too much about it before you see it.
I thought Memento was well directed and well acted by all the lead actors. The movie goes backwards in time and it works well, going backwards is not done often, but for this movie it was necessary - if it was aired in the correct order, Memento would have been less remarkable. I wonder if the original story was meant to go backwards in time?
I have to admit, the only thing I find disturbing about Memento is the high ranking it has in the IMDb top 250 movies. This movie was enjoyable, but I don't think it should be up there with movies like The Godfather, and The Shawshank Redemption. It belongs in the IMDb top 250, but not in the top 100.