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2000 Certificate 15
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MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack .. Read more

Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Director Christopher Nolan
Genres Thriller

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Memento

MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator who witnesses a brutal attack on his wife. Knocked unconscious, Leonard wakes up with a rare brain condition--he no longer possesses short-term memory. He can remember his name and all the details of his past, but he can no longer make new memories. Armed with a careful system of remembering details (he compulsively snaps Polaroids and scribbles notes, then tattoos the important facts directly onto his body), the distraught Leonard goes on a manhunt to avenge his wife's death. To illustrate the unique and frightening state of the protagonist's mind (he cannot remember what happened even seconds before), Nolan takes a brilliantly successful risk in telling the story backward. The film begins with Leonard killing the man he's looking for. From there MEMENTO unravels a compellingly disconcerting trail back to the start. As the layers of the story are peeled back scene by scene, Leonard's involvement with two enigmatic "friends"--who both claim to be helping him--complicates the mystery.
Based on a short story by the director's brother, Jonathan Nolan, MEMENTO is an incredibly original film that is so wonderfully puzzling and eerily ambiguous that it will surely warrant repeated viewings.

Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Director Christopher Nolan
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 must-see movies
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2000

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    • "...MEMENTO has the uniquely disorienting quality of a puzzle....It's the rare mystery in which every moment lives....Pearce's extraordinary performance lends even the smallest events the aura of a life-or-death search..."

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      Simply outstanding

      An excellent film. Well directed and acted by all concerned. The way the film has been put together means that you frequently know what is coming, but not how ... read more »

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    • Rated - 2.5 stars  

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      Is it deep?

      This film has an IMDB rating of 8.6. I would be pushed to give it more than a 6. Quite how I can be so far adrift from the general vote may require therapy - ... read more »

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      Intriguing storyline

      Excellent film with original story idea. Full attention is needed at all times to keep up with it though. Guy Pearce is brilliant.

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    Donovan turned down role that helped Pearce find fame

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 15 Aug 2011

    Actor/singer Jason Donovan regrets turning down a movie offer 20 years ago - because the role was handed to fellow Australian star Guy Pearce who used it as a springboard to Hollywood fame. Donovan became known in the 1980s for his role in hit Aussie TV soap opera Neighbours before launching a singing career, but in recent years he's concentrated mainly on stage work in West End musicals. And he's adamant his success could have mirrored that of Memento star Pearce - whose career also began... Read more

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