Before he became the auteur we know him to be, Christopher Nolan’s debut showed the talent that would come in the future...

Full Review | Mar 3, 2023

Here, though couched in existential ennui, our main character is also stealing in order to survive as an emotional being in a world that has far more grey areas than it does black and white.

Full Review | Nov 16, 2020

The film, compellingly written and directed, manages to be provocative in an understated way...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2020

The exchanges are frequently witty, marked by rapid cuts, and always fuel the story, which is told in director Nolan's signature style: out of order.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 13, 2020

Inessential, to be sure, but as an early example of... a fascinating early turn by a heady director first getting his metaphysical feet wet.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.7/10 | Sep 11, 2020

The lurid atmosphere of Nolan's early black & white films - his unsettling, hand-held voyeurism - lends itself perfectly to a young body of work which viewers enter through a specific POV, only to have the rug pulled out from under them.

Full Review | Aug 27, 2020

Following is a strong debut by a filmmaker who would go on to be one of the best in his field.

Full Review | Aug 14, 2020

Appropriately, the first shot in Christopher Nolan's feature debut is of a wooden box full of clues...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2020

Following certainly offers evidence to Nolan's now hallmark visual ingenuity - not only with the black-and-white photography but with the quasi-Hitchcockian framing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2018

Following shows the convenience and inconveniences of coexistence... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 14, 2017

Besides the similarities in playing with time and structure, Nolan is already zeroed in on his favorite cinematic theme: obsession.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 20, 2012

a harbinger of things to come, an exercise in the kind of temporal gymnastics, sleight-of-hand shifts in perspective, and rigorous insights into the dark depths of human nature that have defined Nolan's later films

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2012

Entertaining, but material doesn't develop the full, edgy potential that similar paranoid-triangle efforts realized.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

This clammy, noirish thriller time-hops with a vengeance.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Before Memento, his breakthrough picture, Christopher Nolan made an impressive debut with the modest, short, but captivating film noir, Following.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 4, 2005

Following est un exercice de style et d'ingniosit qui nous rappelle [Memento] tout en ayant un cachet bien particulier.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 7, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 13, 2004

Unlike some other flicks that have had this sort of labyrinthine structure, Nolan's made sure that everything works...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Low-budget debut from Memento's director subtly transposes you to a sinful urban nightmare.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2002

A challenging and intriguing piece of work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 8, 2002