Shamelessly Twisting

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2004)

Memento, an independent thriller starring Guy Pearce, Carrie Ann-Moss, and Joe Palantino and directed by Christopher Nolan, has earned a lot of praise recently and is extremely high on the IMDB Top 250 list. This is not a real-life gritty movie, nor it is fantastical. It is not your average Film Noir type thriller, nor is it your average 'twist at the end' thriller. This is one of the most confusing movies ever made, and to say that it's not in chronological order would be putting it lightly. But, if you like movies with lots of twists and lots of psychological turns, then this is one of the best out there. It follows a man with short-term memory loss, played by Pearce. He reminds himself of who/what/where/when/why he is with photographs. But as his past and mission emerges, and the pieces fit more and more together, this movie just gets better and better. This is a very good movie, and as I said, if you like puzzles, you can't get much better than this.
My grade: 8/10