Memento (Wide Screen) > Reviews

Advantages: Original, intriguing and innovative film with superb performances from a talented trio of thespians.
Disadvantages: If you like no-brainers this could cause melt down.

Memento is a thriller that combines innovative and imaginative direction with the same plot ingenuity that graced The Usual Suspects to create a thoroughly mesmerising film. This is certainly not your average run of the mill thriller and in fact breaks almost all the genres conventions, not least by starting at the end of the story with a brutal killing. Not that this reduces the tension or suspense especially when coupled with superb performances ... Read review

Advantages: Can't remember
Disadvantages: Can't remember

Films like Memento are pretty few and far between – uniquely mind bending and absorbing with the quirkiest of approaches – truly challenging and awkward to understand – quite the most mesmerising film I’ve seen in months. It features Guy Pearce in a million miles away from his first big part as the teenager Mike in Neighbours. He’s grown into a pretty respectable actor these days and even though he’s sporting the most bizarrely dyed hair you’ve ... Read review

Advantages: Original plot,unusual and unpredictable.Excellant performance and direction
Disadvantages: Brain teaser,At times hard to follow

~~~~ One who forgets his past is damned, was the moral of the story ? OR there were purely no intentions behind the story at all except that the director just wanted to scare the hell out of viewers by something unusual and weird, yet entertaining. The odds are even here and I'll leave it to you to decide. In all thrillers there are usually some questions (especially when there is a murder) like who did it?... and why?, keeping you at the edge of ... Read review

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Disadvantages: see op

Memento was a film I had been wanting to watch for a while, so eventually did when I rented it on DVD. The reviews I had read of the film were all highly praising it and it’s got a good score on IMDB, so for me, a film lover, this was one that was on my to see list. Weird as the film is, I’m glad I rented it. It may be a strange name for a movie, or maybe even an intriguing one, but what ‘Memento’ actually stands for is ... Read review

Advantages: Weird idea, but it works
Disadvantages: Must be prepared to concentrate!

Now I've seen a lot of weird films due to being a member of a university film society, but this one sticks in my mind because not only does it make you walk away thinking 'WHAAAAAAT?' and turning it over in your mind for the next four weeks but its a good story that is very effectively presented as well. Gut Pearce plays Leonard, a man who has no long term memory, in fact he can only remember things that happened in the last few minutes. His only ... Read review

Advantages: The best movie for quite some time
Disadvantages: If you don't like non-linear story-telling, don't watch it

...by one Christopher Nolan before Memento came out, you're probably not reading this since you're out there trying to watch every movie ever released. For the rest of us, Mr. Nolan came out of nowhere, hit us with two hours of suspense and non-linear story-telling, and then disappeared again to work on another movie. Fittingly, the release history of Memento is akin to the mysteries of the movie itself. After various festival appearances around ... Read review

Advantages: Original, Thought Provoking
Disadvantages: Nightmare if you want a film that you don't have to think about.

...been that strong a notion. Memento nearly managed it as well. I do not intend to watch it again straight away but I will over the next day or two as I am sure it is a film that will benefit from repeat viewings. I would whole-heartedly recommend this movie. ... Read review

Advantages: A chance to think about a film
Disadvantages: Lack of sleep due to thinking about a film

...by him after Memento. I thought Memento was great and I'd certainly recommend a viewing. I'd also recommend a second viewing and no intoxicating beverages. Its that sort of film. ... Read review

Advantages: Clever, original, twisty, well acted and directed.
Disadvantages: May confuse some viewers.

This is a highly original film based on an intriguing premise. Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, a man on a mission to avenge the rape and murder of his wife. However he is also suffering from a memory disorder which means that he is not capable of making new memories. He remembers everything up until 'the incident' and nothing thereafter. Consequently he can be manipulated easily and must know who to trust. In order to survive, and further, to ... Read review

Advantages: One of the best movies in 2001
Disadvantages: needs your full attention to follow the story

Memories are an important part of ourselves. Much of what makes up our individuality lies in references to past events and our reception of them. But what, if you are to live without memories? How does it feel, if there's only "present"? If the past is only a collection of tattered notes and polaroids, and you have to work out their meaning anew, over and over again, just because the moment when they were made lies beyond the fog of oblivion? And ... Read review

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...rulebook out of the window. Memento fits happily into the chronologically disoriented brand of presentation, but also complements it with a Sixth Sense-esque replayability. The plot is simple enough. Leonard Shelby wants to avenge his wife's murder. However, Leonard has a problem, a "condition". He cannot make new memories. His short term memory functions for roughly fifteen minutes before the memories start to fade, less under stress. His condition ... Read review

Advantages: Great film, great premise, excellently handled
Disadvantages: Damn confusing at first, makes uour brain hurt thinking about it

First things first; This is not the kind of film you can just sit back and switch off your brain while you're watching. You need to concentrate pretty hard, and there's a lot going on that doesn't make sense at first, but all comes together later. It's a thinking film... Okay, this is probably where the plot synopsis goes. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is looking for the man who raped and murdered his wife, and then he's going to kill him. That's the plot, ... Read review