9 - Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2015)

Memento is the king of the mind-bender genre. The main character Leonard is unable to make new memories, with his last memory being the murder of his wife. Having amnesia every couple hours, he uses tattoos, notes and Polaroid pictures to save information, but despite what Leonard thinks of his system these aren't always good metrics because it's impossible to tell what state he's in when he's writing the notes.
The films is non-linear and the scenes are completely out of order, so the viewer has to piece together the puzzle in the same confusing way as the main character. This film will constantly have you second-guessing yourself and by the end, you will have to decide for yourself which of the characters are lying and which are telling the truth. There can easily be hours of discussion on what exactly happened in this film.