A hypnotic and enticing mystery.

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2001)

Sharp and absolutely unmericiless thriller about Leonard (Guy Pearce - L.A. Confidential) whose wife has been savagely murdered and he (Pearce) wants to get the person who did it. There's one problem, Leonard can't produce new memories and that leaves him to relying on Polaroid pictures, tattoos on his body, and the assistance of two strangers Natalie (Carrie Ann-Moss) and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano). How writer-director Christopher Nolan came up with the notion of telling this eerie and unusual tale in reverse order and do I want to know? No thanks, I'll just watch and enjoy the movie. A hypnotic and enticing mystery. One more thing, the members of the Academy shouldn't ignore this film when the Oscar nominations are announced.