The exquisiteness of film

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2001)

This is a film that is difficult to review as it is to see it, since anything you might say could spoil part of it. But believe me, no matter how much you try to imagine what you are about to see before you see it, you´ll never ger near by far. I had read many reviews, magazines, sites and still, so I thought I was prepared to see this film with no problem, but I was wrong, this film shocked me until the end of my spine.
A film so unique that is able to create a new genre on its own, but I still don´t know how to name it, maybe I lack the imagination for it, but that is what the film is flooded by. This film is not only an achievement in story telling but also in atmosphere, mood and pace; it never lets go. It is engaging from beginning to end, one blink and you lose part of it; but believe me also in this, you won´t be able to blink once you set eyes on it, and on the extreme you might even forget you were breathing while watching it.
In difference to other films I´ve seen throughout my entire life, this film got me in a way I can´t even mention. I still am figuring in my mind one way to solve Leonard´s problem, asking myself and getting in order what I just saw. It is certainly a film that is not possible to see just once and forget about it. I can´t wait to see it again; to witness and hope Leonard would find a way to solve the case.
It also leaves you wondering, if Leonard´s "condition" was either a bless or a curse. Imagine what would it be like to commit acts you won´t remember you did, what would it be like to have no record of time, and be able lo live the same thing over and over without feeling how time eats you as you get older; also what would it be like to nurture a feeling you have inside for the rest of your life and nothing else really matters. You´ll feel that way once you see Memento.
It is certainly not an easy movie to see, it makes you part of the environment, you will have to set your brain in motion in order to comprehend what is going on, but I assure you, you won´t be the same person as you were before you see it.