I like it for what it is not.

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2001)

After forever complaining about how much I hate movies, I am forced to shut up as I have just returned from seeing the best film in at least the last five years. It's a movie which not only ignites arguments in the car on the way home, but even among strangers in the theater. Best of all, there are no no special effects, no digitally superimposed monsters, nothing explodes in a fireball, no one falls in slow motion through a window, there are no car chases, runaway vehicles or serial killers. No scene takes place during a thunderstorm. There are no nude scenes for the actress to later complain to interviewers about how tough they were to do. It features no big name stars who can promote the movie on the talk shows. All the actors are over 25, and none are the children of other actors. No one featured in this movie will appear on the cover of People or Vanity Fair. There is no fatuous attempt to delve into important social issues. There are no good guys vs. bad guys -- or are there? Are there?
The name of this movie is "Memento" and I urge you to see it at once.