Great plot structure but "Betrayal" did it better...

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2003)

I thoroughly enjoyed "Memento" and I admit I had to see it a second time to sort it all out. However, the reverse timeline (end to beginning) was done much better in the 1983 film "Betrayal" (which I've yet to find on VHS) adapted from his stage play by Harold Pinter. Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Hodge offer amazing performances with fresh choices using the crisp, pause-filled dialogue, for which Pinter is known, to its best advantage. I think "Memento" fans will appreciate the deftness with which the similar plot structure is handled if "Betrayal" is ever released on video.