Expected something more

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2002)

When i read that "Memento" got a high score on the IMDB top 250, i decided to rent the DVD at Blockbuster. The idea of telling the story backwards is fine but is not a true novelty. In some ways was used since the first movies developed on Agatha Christie's mysteries, when the detectives, after investigating, explained how things happened to the audience and the idea has been used several times in other thriller movies i've seen, even though not so extensively as in "Memento". After the first 30 minutes i thought that it was going to be one of those surprising movies like "The Sixth Sense", but then i got a bit bored with its routine. I am not totally disappointed, but the movie left me in some ways unsatisfied, like a good meal that hasn't been cooked enough.
To be seen twice, then forget it. My rating:72%