The film ends at the middle of the story, not the beginning!

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2001)

I've been reading the comments on the board here, most people are saying this movie starts at the end and progresses chronologically backwards to the beginning. This is not entirely true. It actually has two timelines, one moving backwards, one moving forwards, so that the film ends when the two lines meet in the middle of the story. Use this sequence of the numbers 1 through 10 to visualize what I mean: 10-1-9-2-8-3-7-4-6-5
You know you've seen something good when a crowd of people gathers at the exit of a theater and starts to debate what they just saw. People can't even get out of the theater without feeling compelled to discuss this film with complete strangers. At the showing I attended, a couple came in about five minutes after the movie began, missing the all-important first scene. During the film I kept looking at them, thinking to myself, "This can't make any sense to them, I should tell them what happened in the first scene." After the film was over, I did go to them and fill them in, and I could see the light go on in their eyes.
I highly recommend you go see this film, but for god's sake, be on time! I'm going again tomorrow.