Genre: Drama/ Crime/ Thriller
Runtime: 113 minutes
Year: 2000
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mark Boone Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Jorja Fox, Stephen Tobolowsky
Description: Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a man with short-term memory loss and is trying to track down his wife’s murderer.
Review: Leonard Shelby is on the search for the killer of his wife. This search isn’t easy for him, since he suffers from short-term memory loss and can’t make new memories. To remember things, he shoots polaroid photos of important people and objects and writes notes on them. He also collects important facts that he later tattoos on his body. During his hunt for the killer, he gets help from a guy named Teddy, but also a woman named Natalie. But with his condition, it’s really hard to trust people and see if one is lying or not.
The story is pretty basic. It’s the way the story is told that makes “Memento” a unqique one-of-a-kind film. The story is told starting from the end, going all the way back to the beginning. Director Christopher Nolan is really screwing with your mind and us viewers know just as much as Leonard does. Each scene ends with the moment the previous scene starts with. And all the pieces of the puzzle eventually come together. And all though it sounds very confusing and you need to keep your focus, it’s not as complex as it sounds.
“Memento” is definitely one of the most original films I’ve ever seen and after seeing it multiple times you appreciate it more and more. It’s an unforgettable film 😉
Rating: 5/ 5
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