Review of Memento (2000) by Zach C — 16 Dec 2013

Not a movie for light watching. You will have to focus in here or you might miss an important part here, pretty much like the main character who has to keep notes to remember every important event. The movie is greatly written, keeping the mystery and suspense up until the last moment. It consists of small scenes which little by little tell the whole story.

There is a saying that a story has to have a beginning, middle and an end, but not necessarily in this order. This is very true for this movie and part of it why it is so good is that it starts at the end - and that's how you get hooked in - you want to know what happened. Like a detective story it unfolds slowly but in no way boringly, giving you more and more insight of what might have happened. It shows how memories are triggered and how much can we trust not only others but ourselves for remembering the right things at the right time.