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Memento

2000

Christopher Nolan

Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior ...

7.8

148,460

Thriller. Mystery Leonard (Guy Pearce) is an insurance investigator whose memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife's murder. His quality of life has been severely hampered after this event, and he can now only live a comprehendable life by tattooing notes on himself and taking pictures of things with a Polaroid camera. The movie is told in forward flashes of events that are to come that compensate for his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"I can't remember when a movie has seemed so clever, strangely affecting and slyly funny at the very same time"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"You won't forget it (...) "Memento" doesn't just draw you into a dramatic mystery, it makes you aware of human mystery"	POS
United Kingdom	Damon Wise The Guardian	"It's unforgettable... (...) 'Memento' turned out to be something very different. Its roots are in film noir, but it also harks back to the darker classics (...) Extraordinary"	POS
United States	Marc Caro Chicago Tribune	"'Memento' is a thriller for people who are sick of thrillers, a puzzle movie in which the puzzle is actually worth the time and effort to solve"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Memento' is a diabolical and absorbing experience (...) It's uncanny in evoking a state of mind (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lisa Nesselson Variety	"A bravura tribute to the spirit of 'Point Blank' (...) 'Memento' deconstructs time and space with Einstein-caliber dexterity in the service of a delectably disturbing tale of revenge"	POS
United States	Jack Mathews New York Daily News	"One of the most original and ultimately confounding mind games to reach the screen since 'The Usual Suspects' (...) The movie is totally absorbing"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Though 'Memento' is impressive, it doesn't in the end leave much of an impression. Like a day in Leonard's life, it slips easily from memory, favoring sensation over insight"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[A] mesmerizing mind-bender — it's really a mind fuck as well as a new classic among thrillers"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Genuinely perplexing and disturbing but still a thrill for true film lovers (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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