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Memento (2000) 8.5
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8.5/10 from 724,916 users
Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 2,012 user | 263 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com A man creates a strange system to help him remember things; so he can hunt for the murderer of his wife without his short-term memory loss being an obstacle. Director:Christopher Nolan |
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Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. Written by Scion013
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memory | short term memory | murder | short term memory loss | polaroid |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 May 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$235,488 (USA) (16 March 2001)Gross:
$25,530,884 (USA) (9 November 2001)Company Credits
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Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? You're in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and you're in - in a motel room. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just the first time you've been there, but perhaps you've been there for a week, three months. It's - it's kind of hard to say. I don't - I don't know. It's just an anonymous room.
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Written by Gerhard Narholz (as Sammy Burdson) and John Fiddy (as Jean-Claude Madonne)
Sonoton Music Library
Courtesy of Associated Production Music
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The camera Leonard Shelby uses is a Polaroid 690. See more »Goofs
Natalie's hair in the restaurant scene. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? You're in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and you're in - in a motel room. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just the first time you've been there, but perhaps you've been there for a week, three months. It's - it's kind of hard to say. I don't - I don't know. It's just an anonymous room.
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Do the BoogalooWritten by Gerhard Narholz (as Sammy Burdson) and John Fiddy (as Jean-Claude Madonne)
Sonoton Music Library
Courtesy of Associated Production Music
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A man with no short term memory tries to solve a murder. The scenes in the movie are played in reverse. Sounds like yet another run of the mill comedy but in reality is one of the best suspense/dramas I've seen in years.
While some may claim showing the scenes in reverse is just an annoying trick to make a simple plot confusing and add a plethora of twists, I wholeheartedly disagree. Any good story teller knows it's not what you say, but how you say it.
By playing the scenes in reverse you experience the confusion Lenny undergoes throughout the film. Showing some of the scenes in chronological order (BTW, the use of B&W instead of color to make the time distinction was ingenious) creates suspense which builds as the two timelines converge. The somewhat rushed pace (compared to a written format) doesn't give you enough time to adequately analyze the events during the movie. This has two advantages: firstly you're going to talk about it after you leave the theater adding to experience immensely, and secondly you don't have time to think about what has happened (will happen) so you're experience better follows that of Lenny.
While many might find the movie rather confusing, it flows wonderfully for anyone familiar with writing styles that constantly jump around a timeline (e.g. Catch 22).