Modern noir at its best

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2002)

Memento is a film that draws strength by its differences. It starts at the end, and works its way back. As the viewer, you are led through a maze of actions and reactions, drawing together slowly, until it is only in the last few minutes the threads are drawn together and the narrative is revealed in all its glory. The hero, far from being the capable man used in almost every other film, appears directionless, and each cut has him questioning what is going on, and how he should react.
Solidly acted, with a theme that gets under your skin, Memento is a great film.