Terrific original movie

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 2001)

After a summer of so many disappointing cinema "Blockbusters" the film I enjoyed most over the warmer months happened to be a video, watched in the comfort of my own home.
After spotting it in my local Blockbusters (how ironic!) I remembered a generous review I'd read a few months back and decided to give it a whirl. It was the best decision I made all summer.
I won't go into details on the plot of the film (there's plenty of others on here already) but I will say this: Memento is the most original, intelligent film I have seen in a long long time. The 'reverse' narrative might not be for everyone (if you found it too difficult to follow you are obviously too stupid to be watching films like this) but it was a new idea that worked perfectly with the story line involved.
When I started to watch it I saw Teddy had been shot and realised the plot was to unfold from there; I thought: "Hmmm, interesting idea - but it won't keep me interested". How wrong I was. The movie flows perfectly throughout and the writing and directing ensures you are permanently engrossed from start to finish. The beginning creates the illusion that you know what is coming, but this is quashed as the plot starts to unfold and you realise that even though you have seen the outcome: you have no idea what is coming next. I felt that without the slightly weak end to the film (well, beginning of the story :-)) this would have made it into my all-time greats list. As it is, I gave it a 'very good' rating of 8/10.
However, seeing as this particular style of non-linear narrative is unlikely to be reproduced often, Memento could well go down in history as one of the 'classics'.