The psychological thriller Memento is a movie that uniquely stands out from its Hollywood peers. It is told in reverse -- end to beginning -- keeping the viewer in suspense throughout. This ingenious twist makes the watcher feel as if they also have the main character Leonard's condition of short term memory loss. Because of its different presentation style many wrongly suggest that Memento is a non-linear story, but this is not true.
Memento is completely linear and actually more linear than regular movies. Every scene leads into the next, without the future scene we would have no idea what was unfolding in the scene we just watched. Missing one scene could lead to not understanding the entire movie. For those reasons every scene is vital that it be in order. While it is not beginning to end like most linear stories, it is cleverly linear just end to beginning.
The director of the movie himself, Christopher Nolan even stated that the movie is linear and those who think that Memento is not are misinformed.
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