one of a kind, great plot, but somehow not much fun

Rating: 5/10 (26 July 2003)

Tells the story of a man that cannot form any new memories after the rape of his wife, and hence wakes up every morning not remembering anything that he has not written down in his hunt for the perpetrator.
The movie goes in backwards chunks of time as it unfolds, while each individual chunk goes forward; it is not always clear if time is going forward or backward, which is somewhat headache-inducing. The plot has great twists, especially towards the end.
This movie is not a comedy, and does not have a happy ending; overall, while the movie is a great piece of art, I did not enjoy watching it.