A truly inspired bit of confusion

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2001)

Forget about the dramatic revelation of the Sixth Sense (which I did think was a dandy). Forget about the time tinkering of Pulp Fiction (which I still regard as a classic). What this movie achieves with revolutionary time flow and secrets so surprisingly revealed puts it on a level entirely of its own. While flowing backward in chronology in a perfectly synchronized manner, we yet still move forward in terms of development and yes...even in terms of the drama's critical movement. I thought that what I was going to see was just this clever tapering of scene upon the scene before, but what I got was such a rich and flowing evolution of the central character (as well as support) that I was left with an instant resolve to include this movie in my collection asap. One of the greats, right up there with Usual Supsects for smarts and
L.A. Confidential for dialog, and, as I said before, for its relentlessly backward trail that still manages to propel us to a riveting climax, deserves to stand out on its own.