Fresh
I can't remember when a movie has seemed so clever, strangely affecting and slyly funny at the very same time.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Memento
Some memories are best forgotten.
2000 · 1h 53m · R
Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Overview
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term 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 and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Writer-director Christopher Nolan's second film is one of the most original and ultimately confounding mind games to reach the screen since The Usual Suspects.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh
The young British writer and director Christopher Nolan, who has every intention of putting us through the mill, doubles his fun by running the whole story backward.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
The astonishing payoff takes the film to another level entirely, unleashing a battery of existential questions that shed new light on everything that precedes it.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
You have to pay close attention to Memento, the most original thriller to come along in years -- and one of the best.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
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