Taxing on the brain but worth sticking with

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2000)

Don't go to see this if you're looking for a relaxing Saturday afternoon flick. This movie drags you into the world of a man (Lenny) with a mission, no short term memory and an untrustworthy group of acquaintances. We share Lenny's problem, only slowly gathering fragments of the whole story as we progress backwards in time, each scene ending where the previous began.
Ingeneous, tormenting, suffocating, with a touch of black humour, this movie demands your attention from start to finish (or is that finish to start?). Surely one of the most original movies in years.