Leonard es un investigador de seguros cuya memoria está irreversiblemente dañada a causa de un golpe en la cabeza al intentar evitar el asesinato de su mujer -el último hecho que recuerda su memoria de largo plazo-. A causa del golpe no consigue retener en la memoria las cosas que ahora le suceden más allá de unos cuantos minutos, por lo que ayudado de una cámara instantánea y escritos tatuados en su cuerpo, intentará resolver y vengar el asesinato de su esposa.
"Una de las sorpresas cinematográficas de 2000 (...) el cineasta británico invita al espectador a la agitación y crea un thriller que se ayuda de un diabólico guión para desarrollar una trama que se mueve hacia atrás en el tiempo." (Miguel Ángel Palomo: Diario El País)"Un planteamiento interesante, desasosegante (...) una trama que justifica el ejercicio de estilo narrativo." (Francisco Marinero: Diario El Mundo)
Memento is a neo-noir–psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his brother Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori." It stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a former insurance fraud investigator searching for the man he believes raped and killed his wife during a burglary. Leonard suffers from anterograde amnesia, which he contracted from severe head trauma during the attack on his wife. This renders his brain unable to store new memories. To cope with his condition, he maintains a system of notes, photographs, and tattoos to record information about himself and others, including his wife's killer. He is aided in his investigation by Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) and Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss), neither of whom he can trust. The film's events unfold in two separate, alternating narratives—one in color, and the other in black and white. Leonard's investigation is depicted in five-minute color sequences that are in reverse chronological order. As each scene begins, Leonard has just lost his recent memories, leaving him unaware of where he is or what he was doing. The scene ends just after its events fade from his memory. The black and white sections are told in chronological order, showing Leonard conversing with an anonymous phone caller in a motel room. By the film's end, the two narratives converge into a single color sequence. 
Cosiderada como una película de culto debido a su especial narrativa y puesta en escena, un ingenieso guión nos sorprende e incluso logra confundirnos atrapando al espectador en una suerte de testigo mudo del protaginista que deberá redescubrir su pasado y recordarlo de una forma más que peculiar; un brillante desarrollo de una historia que jugará con el tiempo...Excelemte en todo sentido.
Director y guionista: Christopher Nolan. Intérpretes: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Jr., Stephen Tobolowsky, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jorja Fox. Título Original: Memento. Año: 2000. Duración: 115 min. 
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