Over 5 years after watching Christopher Nolan's breakout hit Memento for the first time, I'm still not 100% certain I "get it"

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2007)

I have to come out and say it  over 5 years after watching Christopher Nolan's breakout hit Memento for the first time, I'm still not 100% certain I "get it". I can discuss the film and analyze the life out of it, but there will always be huge cheese holes left in my various theories as to what exactly led to our protagonist Leonard's unique situation. A situation that, for those who haven't seen Memento yet (are there any of those left out there?), led to Leonard's devastating loss of ability to process and withhold any kind of short-term memory.
Either way, Nolan's bold choice to tell the story backwards and break the old fashioned linear storytelling is worthy of all the praise it can receive. Compliments also go to Guy Pearce, for creating a compelling character I believe psychiatrists will discuss for years to come. Alongside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Bourne Identity, this is yet another superb 2000's movie to deal with the delicate subject of (loss of) memories, and come out triumphant as a captivating piece of cinema.