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Before I Go to Sleep

Don’t be expecting Memento here

Christine wakes up every morning with all her memories of the past 16 years erased. Her long-suffering husband has developed a daily routine to bring her up to speed, and she secretly sees a psychologist on the side who’s trying to help her. What sort of trauma/accident/attack caused her amnesia? Is her husband what he seems? Is the psychologist? Do we care?

Don’t be expecting Memento here. Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, and Mark Strong keep this self-serious 50 First Dates out of the DVD bargain bin, but they don’t make it all that memorable, either. Unforgivably lame coda. Japanese title: Repeated. (92 min)

Don Morton

Don Morton has viewed some 6,000 movies, frequently awake. A bachelor and avid cyclist, he currently divides his time between Tokyo and a high-tech 4WD super-camper somewhere in North America.