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starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fegadirected by: Christopher Nolan
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767869041
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0767869044
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 112210
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) and Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix) shine in this absolute stunner of a movie. Memento combines a bold, mind-bending script with compelling action and virtuoso performances. Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, hunting down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The problem is that 'the incident' that robbed Leonard of his wife also stole his ability to make new memories. Unable to retain a location, a face, or a new clue on his own, Leonard continues his search with the help of notes, Polaroids, and even homemade tattoos for vital information.
Because of his condition, Leonard essentially lives his life in short, present-tense segments, with no clear idea of what's just happened to him. That's where Memento gets really interesting; the story begins at the end, and the movie jumps backward in 10-minute segments. The suspense of the movie lies not in discovering what happens, but in finding out why it happened. Amazingly, the movie achieves edge-of-your-seat excitement even as it moves backward in time, and it keeps the mind hopping as cause and effect are pieced together.
Pearce captures Leonard perfectly, conveying both the tragic romance of his quest and his wry humor in dealing with his condition. He is bolstered by several excellent supporting players, and the movie is all but stolen from him by Pantoliano, who delivers an amazing performance as Teddy, the guy who may or may not be on his side. Memento has an intriguing structure and even meditations on the nature of perception and meaning of life if you go looking for them, but it also functions just as well as a completely absorbing thriller. It's rare to find a movie this exciting with so much intelligence behind it. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Movie
Memento is a must see. It has a great twist that I can watch over and over.
Rating:  - Buy standard edition
The special edition looks cool but is hard to get out of the case and also the menu while looks cool and is hard to navigate if you just what to watch the movie. Buy the regular edition, its simple and easyier. As far as the movie its one of the best movies of the decade and started off the beginng of christifer nolans tear of great movies. If you like this movie also watch the prestiege also directed buy him.
Rating: - Unique Film
This is a unqiue film and can be confusing at times because everything happens backwards. So I highly suggest watching the special features first because it helps explain the movement of the film and gets you prepared. Otherwise, the viewer may get lost. The story is about Leonard, so traumatized by a blow to the head after his wife's rape and murder, that he has lost his short-term memory sohe takes Polaroids of everyone he meets and writes notes on them so he can remember them later. He also has ... Read More
Rating: - What A Ride...
Definitely strange, interesting and fun!!! Very unique idea for a film!!!
This movie is for the "COMPLEX THINKER" or the "DYSLEXIC MIND" ...few can put this movie together in less than 2 or 3 viewings. This film literally runs forward from the end of the movie yet backwards at the same time; adding supposed real-time moments where the main character is on the phone or reminiscing about things he remembers before his assault.
Strangely enough, I got this movie the first time ... Read More
Rating: - A Deceptive Thriller
With his second feature film, director Christopher Nolan (Following) created a stunning thriller. Not only is Memento an incredible accomplishment as a film, but also an impressive feat for a relatively new filmmaker. The film's screenplay, which was written by Nolan and was inspired by his brother Jonathan's short story, is nothing short of brilliant. The story taps the best ideas from both classic noir and detective films of the late 1940s, as well as more contemporary psychological suspense films, ... Read More
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