I first heard about this film in my high school psychology class, then in my Intro to Psych, then in Abnormal Psychology; now I can see why they always bring it up. This movie is a trip to watch, the order of the story is all over the place and there are different colored scenes to show different parts of the story. The editing is miraculous; the scenes were cut to keep us on our toes and wondering.
Leonard has this condition where he can’t make new memories so he forgets things in the matter of minutes, sometimes even seconds. This was the cause of an accident, someone broke into his house, assaulted his wife, hit him and damaged his brain. Since then Leonard’s been looking for the guy that did this, the cops won’t help him because they don’t believe his story. He has a method to living, he’ll tattoo himself, take pictures and write notes to remind him of important facts; he’s not totally useless.
Leonard is playing detective and doesn’t know who to trust and who to not. Who’s advice to take or who’s playing him. Poor guy doesn’t remember what happened a few minutes ago or how long it’s been since the accident. Even if he does find the guy who made him handicap, then what? Will he remember killing him? Will all his notes and tattoos help him find who he’s looking for, or has he found them already?
It was on last night, and as tempted as I was to try and watch it, I missed about an hour of it and my head was throbbing. I like the ending to the review, because we'll either want to watch it, or at least look it up to see what does happen.
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