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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 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..."
- 12823
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
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  - 10
  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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  - St. Albans
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 12:05
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  - 0
  A film you will watch, and will not forget
  
  Even in the beginning, Christopher Nolan is a genius! Creating a unique experience which keeps you thinking. If your in to thrillers, pick this up
  
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- - JackC92
  - 1 review
  - 13 Dec 2011 at 17:06
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  - 0
  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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- - a customer
  - 26 Nov 2011 at 15:43
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  - 0
  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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- 1065572
- - pthes02
  - 4 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 22:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Mesmerising and intricate
  
  This film is very well made. The concept is excellent and the way the story is told makes it edge of the seat stuff. I enjoyed it immensely and it managed to ... read more »
  
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- - ScifiFan76
  - 5 reviews
  - Wales
  - 16 Nov 2011 at 18:36
- - 0
  - 0
  The Persistence of Memory
  
  What an intriguing and fascinating film! Really loved the concept behind it and the way the story moves backwards through time to reveal what is really going on... read more »
  
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- - Sideplates
  - 35 reviews
  - Dursley
  - 13 Nov 2011 at 10:50
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  - 2
  Utterly boring
  
  boring film i'd never watch it again and don't recommend you do either the trailer makes it look good and fast and action but it's just so slow and ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Oct 2011 at 19:36
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  utter rubbish
  
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  I found this film so boring , I fell asleep and when I woke up I could still hear the ugly little man called Ted's voice whining . It is seriously hard to ... read more »
  
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  - 29 Sep 2011 at 17:54
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  What a film!
  
  Loved it! Back and forth... the story goes... Compelling stuff!
  
  The protagonist's role was played brilliantly by Pearce; but not forgetting ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Sep 2011 at 18:49
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  - 0
  every action has a consequence...
  
  I had high hopes for this movie...it certainly delivered, being an excellent and a clever storyline...don't be tempted to skip 4ward otherwise you'll be... read more »
  
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- - jackintheboxx
  - 16 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 21:47
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  - 0
  Definitely Different!
  
  Found this film a bit confusing at first, but once I got into the story I really enjoyed it. If you like X files, etc chances are, you'll like this.
  
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  - 12 Sep 2011 at 18:16
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- - 92
  - 10
  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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- 94161
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  - St. Albans
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 12:05
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  - 10
  Memento Cant believed is was released
  
  This has got to be one of the worst films I have ever seen.
  
  Was so boring and pointless.
  
  One of those films which you think 'it must ... read more »
  
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- - Simeon
  - 2 reviews
  - Newport Pagnell
  - 31 Jan 2007 at 15:32
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  Concentrate!
  
  Since embarking on a sharp learning curve with the ambitious Following, each one of Christopher Nolan's subsequent projects has been excellent and Memento ... read more »
  
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- - younglochinvar
  - 66 reviews
  - Prestatyn
  - 18 Sep 2007 at 21:43
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  Pay Attention!
  
  This film is very clever, its a great story, told in a series of scenes the last scene first backwards to the first scene. It makes you really concentrate as ... read more »
  
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  - Stowmarket, England
  - 19 Feb 2004 at 21:03
- - 17
  - 5
  It's like trying to do a jigsaw in the mirror
  
  A man (Guy Pearce) searches for the man who raped and killed his wife. One problem--he has no long-term memory and forgets things a few minutes after he hears ... read more »
  
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- - JediSi
  - 301 reviews
  - Kent
  - 09 Nov 2007 at 18:36
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  - 2
  Original
  
  This is one of the most original films ever made. Visually, it is superb. A guy with a goldfish memory attempts to avenge the murder of his bird and (due to the... read more »
  
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- - steviebobs
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Oct 2004 at 15:58
- - 15
  - 6
  dont bother
  
  so boring i fell asleep... need i say any more
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 10 Nov 2006 at 17:44
- - 14
  - 3
  !!!CITSATNAF YLETULOSBA
  
  There is no other words to describe this film other than BRILLIANT! This has got to be one of my all time greatest films I have seen. I had seen the reviews and... read more »
  
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- 165620
- - AdrianWalsh
  - 226 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 25 Oct 2005 at 11:57
- - 14
  - 4
  One of the best movies, with one of the best twists, ever
  
  Terrific movie with fantastic performances, great plot, terrific direction etc.
  
  As you will doubtless have read, the film is shown in an unusual ... read more »
  
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  - wreeve
  - 60 reviews
  - London NW3
  - 01 Jan 2007 at 21:46
- - 12
  - 1
  Not Momentus
  
  I think you have to view this film a couple of times before you get to understand it.
  
  If you don't have the time then don't rent it.
  
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- - a customer
  - Reading,UK
  - 19 Jul 2006 at 14:11

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Critics' reviews
- "...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..."
- 12823
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...[A] mesmerizing mind-bender....A new classic among thrillers....This jolting jigsaw puzzle of a movie grabs you and won't let go..."
- 12828
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...Ingenious....MEMENTO is a brilliant feat of rug-pulling, sure to delight fans of movies like THE USUAL SUSPECTS and PI..."
- 12827
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...Exceptional....A haunting, nervy thriller....MEMENTO is a provocatively structured and thrillingly executed film noir..."
- 12825
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- "...Nolan has literally turned the genre inside-out and reassembled it as an intriguing jigsaw puzzle of a whodunit..."
- 12824
- - Hollywood Reporter
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- Nolan's Following was one of the most original British films of the '90s, and this follow-up makes no compromise. It... read more on Time Out
- 56975
- - Time Out
  - 04 Aug 2009 at 00:47

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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 ...

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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 ...