Memento (2000) 9/10

Starring : Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky
Director : Christopher Nolan
Running Time : 109 mins

Leonard Shelby (Pearce), a man who suffers from short term memory loss and can remember nothing since his wife's murder without the help of notes he writes to himself, sets out in search of Teddy (Pantoliano), the man he believes is responsible for his wife's death and, with the help of a woman named Natalie (Moss), he decides to exact revenge on the man, even though he knows he won't remember it in the morning.

Told in reverse, starting with the climactic murder of the killer of Shelby's wife, this is an effective though sometimes confusing movie that really needs to be concentrated on to get the full impact of the closing scenes. Pearce is perfect as the forgetful lead who tries to figure outwho killed his wife, and the twist at the end is perfectly played to conclude the movie with an open ending.

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