Greatest Movie in Years

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2004)

Memento, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, is one film that takes the viewer on a ride they will never forget. Beginning with an ingenious and original view of a Polaroid fading instead of developing, where everything goes backwards for a minute. The movie has a lot of great dialogue and great set-up points, told in a unique way that helps you deal with what the character is going through.
Leonard Shelby, a man on a vendetta to find the man who raped and murdered his wife, has no short-term memory. He relies on notes and tattoos and photographs to get him through finding out who murdered his wife. But as the film progresses at ten minute intervals that go for ten minutes and then goes on for the ten minutes before that ten, you start to realize that all is not as it seems.
The screenplay and the editing were nominated for Academy Awards, and the film was greater than that to deserve just two nominations. Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Anne Mosse do excellent jobs in their roles, breathing life into these rich and detailed characters. Christopher Nolan is a genius to be reckoned with, and Memento is a movie that will live on as one of the best ever filmed.