Clever and Interesting, but over-rated!

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2002)

"Memento" was definitely an interesting movie, a very clever movie and a very well done movie, but I'm going to have to agree with luigina.ciolfi (one of the previous reviewers on this site) on this film. It's a good film, but not worthy of a top 10 film of all time.
I saw this film a while back and didn't think it was very good, it was WAY TOO confusing, and not terribly interesting. But a friend of mine wanted to see it, so I went ahead and watched it again with him. I must say that the film was MUCH better the second time around and made a lot more sense. But, even still, the movie is nothing profound, if you ask me. I would have a VERY hard time saying this film is anywhere near my favorite 100 films or even my favorite 500 films.
If you're into confusing movies and really like the movie-making aspect of films (editing, directing, acting, etc...) , then you'll probably want to see this film. But if you're the type of person that just wants to sit back and be entertained, then I'm not sure what to tell you. This is not an action-packed film, there is virtually no action and is a very slow film, but not to the point where you're looking at your watch every five minutes.
So, if you do end up seeing the movie, make sure you pay attention to every word and every scene as closely as possible. I hope you enjoy the film, thanks for reading.
-Chris