Memento

3.80
    Memento
    2000

    Synopsis

    Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

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    Cast

    • Guy PearceLeonard
    • Carrie-Anne MossNatalie
    • Joe PantolianoTeddy
    • Mark Boone JuniorBurt
    • Russ FegaWaiter
    • Jorja FoxLeonard's Wife
    • Stephen TobolowskySammy Jankis
    • Harriet Sansom HarrisMrs. Jankis
    • Thomas LennonDoctor
    • Callum Keith RennieDodd

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Portland Oregonian

      A hard and bright and tough film in all the best ways.
    • 90

      TV Guide Magazine

      Enthralling or infuriating.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      A puzzle movie in which the puzzle is actually worth the time and effort to solve.
    • 88

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      Terrifically satisfying film.
    • 80

      L.A. Weekly

      If nothing else, Memento is a savvy comment on the queasy uncertainties of the postmodern condition, in which history goes no further back than yesterday's news, and knowledge is supplanted by "information" from a tumult of spin-controlled, unreliable narrators.
    • 75

      Miami Herald

      Fiendishly tricky contraption.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Bound to be talked about, debated and eviscerated far more than it's understood.
    • 70

      Time

      The film takes this attempt to shatter narrative into little pieces about as far into incoherence as it can go; yet it is also full of odd, hypnotic menace.

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