Hands down...an instant classic!

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2001)

One the surface, this could look like a lame movie...dead-wife revenge film, an uh..The guy has a sort of amnesia..LOL. Far from the truth. It's cleverly written and executed! Showing the scenes in reverse, stroke of genius! As we watched it, we felt a bit of what the Lenny must have felt; out of touch with reality, confused and straining for a clue as to where we were in the story. He had tattoos, notes and Polaroid's and we had previous scenes to piece together. It's almost as if you are part of the story :) It unfolds so beautifully. After the first seen, my wife and I thought, ok..Well this is a little anti-climactic. But we were in for a great ride. We are grateful that we saw this in DVD because every 10 min. we were pausing it, going back to some dialogue and trying to piece events together. Normally this would be an annoying task, but it was a joy. The ending blew us away. We will certainly be thinking about this one for weeks. I heard about this movie when the director was on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross last month. It was the first time I had heard about it. It's a great interview and there are some interesting insights. I'm glad that I bought the DVD, I had no doubt that it was going to be a keeper, but had NO IDEA that it would be one of my top five movies of all time! This film deserves Oscar nods, especially in the editing dept. [10/10] and I don't throw 10's like Frisbees! This one is tops! Trust me.