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Independent Film @ About.com
Christopher Nolan's Memento is like no other movie I've ever seen. Based on a short story written by his brother, Nolan tells a story backwards from the point of view of a man who can't remember the beginning of a conversation by the time it ends....read the complete Memento (2000) review at Independent Film @ About.com
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CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
Equating memory with knowledge, or pretending to, Memento tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), recall deficient, in a one-step-forward-two-steps-back sort of rhythm - (f)act, events leading up to (f)act, events leading up to events leading up...read the complete Memento (2000) review at CineScene.com (Shari L. Rosenblum)
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MovieMusings.com (Ken Rosenberg)
The opening scene of Memento unfolds in reverse action; an instant photograph fades to white and is sucked back into the camera; a gun flies into the hand of a character. Linear storytelling is thus turned on its head; the story begins at the end,...read the complete Memento (2000) review at MovieMusings.com (Ken Rosenberg)
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New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Nolan sustains an arty note of existential dread that probably will work better for noir-steeped film critics and overserious philosophy grad students than for general audiences, but he brings off a few brisk bravura moments....read the complete Memento (2000) review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
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by brett January 21, 2009 10:26 AM MST
One of my favorites. This film makes you think harder than any person should. I still don't understand how it ended, but getting there was awesome.
 
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