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94% Tomatometer 186 Reviews 94% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Peaco*ck Stream Now

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Christopher Nolan skillfully guides the audience through Memento's fractured narrative, seeping his film in existential dread.

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Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Victoria Luxford BBC.com Very complex detective thriller. Guy Pearce (leads) a terrific cast alongside Carrie Anne Moss. If you want to see the beginnings of how Nolan became such a big director, this is one to watch. Rated: 5/5 Aug 11, 2023 Full Review Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting Think of all the ways that a linear film structure stabilizes us - the cause and effect chain of events. But Memento is about a character completely destabilized, so Nolan destabilizes us accordingly in a way maybe no other movie has. Rated: 5/5 Apr 10, 2020 Full Review Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Joshua Rothkopf In These Times Memento would only be half as fun with only one gimmick or the other. Instead, the backward storytelling and the frozen man make for a wonderful pair, combining into something far more redemptive than it sounds. Mar 16, 2020 Full Review Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Memento isn't an easy film, but it gives viewers plenty to ponder. And Pearce's startling performance is unforgettable. Rated: A Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Akhil Arora AkhilArora.com Memento places you in the mind of the protagonist in a fascinating way—by running it in reverse, you only know as much as the protagonist remembers—and that constantly makes you question what you’ve been told and what you see next. Oct 17, 2023 Full Review Memento | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …one of the most demanding movies ever made…one of cinema’s most ornate puzzle-boxes… Rated: 5/5 Sep 29, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alex B Sick tats. Sick movie. Sick acting 5 bloody stars Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review Lucas M This movie is hard to get through. What I mean by that is it's confusing. You'll find yourself lost in just about every scene, and the reason for that is the constant time jumping. You see, there's a timeline of all the movie's events. But, it jumps from one place to another on the time line in almost every scene change. It all makes sense in the end of the movie though. It's like a puzzle, but in my opinion, the ending is amazing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/24 Full Review Cameron C Such an awesome concept and executed to perfection. For the average viewer its probably a little confusing especially on the first watch and I like movies that have a definitive ending, whereas in this one you can draw your own assumptions. But wow, awesome movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review Average P Rightly revered for its complexity and originality: a detective story told backwards, though if you think about it all detective stories are told backwards - starting with the present day and working back to the crime. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/23/24 Full Review Audience Member Wow, this is a mind-bender in the best way possible. I really enjoy how the story progresses in reverse chronological order, it really makes sense with the amnesia that the narrator has so that you are experiencing things like he does. I'm also incredibly confused by the ending but in a good way that makes me want to watch the movie again. This is just a challenge for me, but it was hard to keep track of character names that never actually get a face until much later, so if I watched this again, I would definitely take notes! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Melissa B This has been one of my favorite films since the first time I saw it and it remains impeccable. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/25/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Christopher Nolan Director Guy Pearce Leonard Shelby Carrie-Anne Moss Natalie Joe Pantoliano Teddy Mark Boone Junior Burt Stephen Tobolowsky Sammy
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Synopsis Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of 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.

Director
Christopher Nolan

Producer
Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd

Screenwriter
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

Distributor
Newmarket Film Group

Production Co
Team Todd, I Remember Productions, Llc, Newmarket Capital Group

Rating
R (Language|Drug Content|Violence)

Genre
Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2000, Original

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.5M

Runtime
1h 56m

Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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