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Memento (2000) 8.6
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Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 1,946 user | 248 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. Director:Christopher Nolan |
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Cast
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Leonard
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| Carrie-Anne Moss | ... | ||
| Joe Pantoliano | ... |
Teddy
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| Mark Boone Junior | ... | ||
| Russ Fega | ... | ||
| Jorja Fox | ... | ||
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | ||
| Harriet Sansom Harris | ... | ||
| Thomas Lennon | ... | ||
| Callum Keith Rennie | ... | ||
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Kimberly Campbell | ... | |
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Larry Holden | ... | |
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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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Some memories are best forgottenMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, language and some drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 October 2000 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Amnesia See more »Box Office
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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Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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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 Chuck Hamshaw & Mark Schmidt
Published by JRM Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Megatrax Production Music, Inc. (1994)
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Trivia
Christopher Nolan's white Honda Civic can be seen parked next to Leonard Shelby's Jaguar at the motel. See more »Goofs
In the Jaguar Teddy gives Leonard the address of the Discount Inn. Teddy met Leonard at this motel earlier and therefore knows that he is already staying there. Leonard did not check out when they left and should therefore have both a picture and the key to room 21 in his possession. 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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Connections
Featured in Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (2011)Clips of mistakes shown See more »
Soundtracks
"Motherlode"Written by Chuck Hamshaw & Mark Schmidt
Published by JRM Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Megatrax Production Music, Inc. (1994)
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So the "innovative" concept of filming out of sequence has been cliche for at least a few years now, but here's a film that makes it work far better than its been shown in a while.
Having read the reviews and talked to others who saw it, I thought that I'd go into the movie figuring everything out right away and declaring the concept unworkable. I couldn't be further from the truth. This movie does things to your head that are illegal in some countries. Portrayed (for all intents and purposes) backwards, it forces you to think in the same way that our lead character, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce being more brilliant than usual) does. Suffering from a condition that renders him unable to remember anything for more than a few minutes, he is searching for the man who raped and killed his wife. Since each seen lasts no more than 15 minutes before jumping back to the what happened before that, our perceptions are shattered in the same way.
Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano (both of The Matrix) put in great performances that leave you guessing; simultaneously endearing and revolting.
Overall I left the film trying to figure out what was what, and I'm still not sure. This film noir concept shouldn't work, but it does so wonderfully.