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Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2001)

I really enjoyed this movie for it's unique presentation. The story of a memory-impaired man who's looking for his wife's killer, it tells about his quest in a very different way-by reversing the chronological order of events leading to the murder of the man he's looking for. That way, you're like Leonard (the movies' protagonist, extremely well played by Guy Pearce), you have no idea how you got to that point. Oh, Leonard writes little notes and adds remarks to Polaroid photos of people he meets, but still he's mostly in the dark. Not a very good way to search for your wife's killer, and Leonard finds out in the surprise ending (beginning????) I thought it was great storytelling, but I had to watch it a couple of times to really get it. Excellent movie.