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2000 |
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| Genre: |
OVERRATED
THRILLER
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| Origin: |
US |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
113 |
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A thriller which reveals its plot backwards, as an amnesiac (Guy Pearce, pictured right) kills a man (Joe Pantoliano, pictured left) who he believes to have raped and murdered his wife. Gradually we, if not the amnesiac, piece together the reasons why. |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| This thriller by Christopher Nolan, a young British writer-director working in America, impressed quite a few critics. It certainly starts from a promising idea, reminiscent of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along and Harold Pinter's Betrayal. It would all be a lot more impressive if the explanation were genuinely thrilling, or pacy, or made sense. I was left baffled at the motivation of both the dead man and the femme fatale (Carrie-Anne Moss from The Matrix) who help the leading man along the way. It's initially intriguing but ultimately unrewarding, like trying to solve a crossword puzzle set by a dyslexic. | |
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