Expectations exceeded

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2001)

The idea behind "Memento" sounded interesting, although I had to wonder how seeing the end of a movie, with each immediately preceding scene to follow, would build any suspense. I was impressed with the way the movie pulled this off.
Watching how our "hero" (Guy Pearce) formed his notes scrawled in the lower margins of Polaroids was a lot of fun. We could read his conclusions, but this movie slowly showed us how he got to them in excellent fashion.

Guy Pearce was the perfect complement for this innovative script. Bad acting would have poisoned something experimental such as "Memento," but Pearce gave a great performance. Carrie-Anne Moss and "Joey Pants" were solid as well.
So many little things loomed large once we reach the "beginning" ... if you are reading this before seeing the movie, pay attention! One such thing I wrote off to my mind playing tricks on me, only to realize at the "beginning" that I had seen it as it was .... but to say might spoil things.....
This movie is one of the few DVDs I bought BEFORE actually seeing it, and it was worth the risk of shelling out the cash. And then some. Despite having high expectations, this film surpassed them all.