Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3
Its director stated on the record that "the whole dynamic of the script is aimed at taking a really very simple story and putting the audience through the perceptual distortion that Leonard suffers,…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "like all of us, Lenny is able to manipulate the meanings of certain memories, or manipulate his own interpretations of certain memories, according to his prese…" 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 9 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 4.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "The whole dynamic of the script is aimed at taking a really very simple story and putting the audience through the perceptual distortion that Leonard suffers, thereby making this simple story seem in…"Filmmaker Magazine, Winter 2001 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "Like all of us, Lenny is able to manipulate the meanings of certain memories, or manipulate his own interpretations of certain memories, according to his present circumstances. We all do it. The capa…"DVD Commentary, Memento (2000) source ↗
- 3Content balanceAdvocacy 9 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 4RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 75, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Age: 75 — strongly mature-audience
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Advocacy Over Time in Mystery
The average advocacy score of Mystery titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1 | 3 |
| 1946 | 0 | 2 |
| 1947 | 0 | 3 |
| 1958 | 2 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 5 |
| 1964 | 2 | 3 |
| 1972 | 1 | 3 |
| 1973 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 0 | 2 |
| 1976 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | 2 | 3 |
| 1987 | 1 | 3 |
| 1988 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 |
| 1991 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 4 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 5 |
| 1995 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 5 |
| 1999 | 3 | 7 |
| 2000 | 5 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 0 | 9 |
| 2006 | 1 | 11 |
| 2007 | 1 | 13 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 9 | 6 |
| 2015 | 15 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2 |
| 2024 | 21 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 |
| This title (2000) | 9 | 1 |
● This title (2000): advocacy 9 · explore Mystery →
Cast & Crew
Wally Pfister (director) · Chris Edmonds (director)
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