Memento

Theatrical - Wide 2001-03-16

Cast Guy Pearce Carrie-Anne Moss Joe Pantoliano Mark Boone Stephen Tobolowsky Jorja Fox
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan

Genres: Thriller

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10/10

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An insurance investigator (Guy Pearce) loses his short-term memory when he sustains a head injury during his wife’s murder. He can now remember things only through notes, photographs, or writing them on his body. As he tries to track down his... See more wife’s killer despite his handicap, the movie’s story moves backward in time to retrace his steps with him.

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