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Director:
Christopher Nolan
Writers:
Jonathan Nolan (short story "Memento Mori")
Christopher Nolan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 October 2000 (France) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
Some memories are best forgotten
Plot:
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 42 wins & 32 nominations more
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(139 articles)
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can't believe how much I'm still thinking the day after more (1821 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.
Runtime:
113 min | Turkey:107 min (TV version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Burbank, California, USA more

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Trivia:
Stephen Tobolowsky would later play another man with a memory problem in an episode of "The Lone Gunmen" (2001). more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning, when Leonard and Teddy arrive at the abandoned building the weather is cloudy, but when they get out of the Jaguar it becomes sunny all of a sudden. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Leonard Shelby: [voiceover] So where are you? You're in some motel room. You just - you just wake up and you're in - in a motel room. There's the key. It feels like maybe it's just the first time you've been there, but perhaps you've been there for a week, three months. It's - it's kind of hard to say. I don't - I don't know. It's just an anonymous room.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Scarlett Johansson/Björk (#32.18)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Generation Z more

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145 out of 185 people found the following comment useful.
can't believe how much I'm still thinking the day after, 24 May 2001
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Author: lasher42 from Connecticut

So the "innovative" concept of filming out of sequence has been cliche for at least a few years now, but here's a film that makes it work far better than its been shown in a while.

Having read the reviews and talked to others who saw it, I thought that I'd go into the movie figuring everything out right away and declaring the concept unworkable. I couldn't be further from the truth. This movie does things to your head that are illegal in some countries. Portrayed (for all intents and purposes) backwards, it forces you to think in the same way that our lead character, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce being more brilliant than usual) does. Suffering from a condition that renders him unable to remember anything for more than a few minutes, he is searching for the man who raped and killed his wife. Since each seen lasts no more than 15 minutes before jumping back to the what happened before that, our perceptions are shattered in the same way.

Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano (both of The Matrix) put in great performances that leave you guessing; simultaneously endearing and revolting.

Overall I left the film trying to figure out what was what, and I'm still not sure. This film noir concept shouldn't work, but it does so wonderfully.

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