Review of Memento (2000) by Steven W — 25 Apr 2013
As I stood in line to buy my tickets, I noticed a small hand-lettered sign in the box-office window that read, ?People arriving five or more minutes late to Memento will not be allowed entrance.? This was at a small art-house cinema?not one to place arbitrary restrictions on its patrons?and it struck me as odd that the limitation applied solely to this one film, so I asked the cashier about it when I reached the front of the line.
?You can?t understand anything about the film if you miss the first five minutes,? she told me with a roll of her eyes. ?We?ve had late-comers charge out here after the end and demand that we explain the whole thing to them.
? Writer/director Christopher Nolan?s yarn noir tells the tale of a man with no short-term memory, searching for the man who killed his wife. It?s an intriguing premise made all the more engrossing by the unusual mode of presentation: The story is told backwards, with each scene only as long as the protagonist can hold in his head before he forgets all that came before it.
Confused? Don?t worry, it?ll all make sense when you see it. Unless you miss the first five minutes, apparently. you cant miss even a moment in this movie not to get lost, keeps all your attention on tension and you enjoy every minute of this tangly movie!
This review of Memento (2000) was written by Steven W on 25 Apr 2013.
Memento has generally received very positive reviews.
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