Take a character’s memory and you take their identity, which is why the device survives its own clichés. This tag collects reviews of films built on amnesia and what the premise demands of a plot.
2000sThe Bourne Identity (2002) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Doug Liman fought the studio through a chaotic shoot, put a fight scene in a Paris apartment with a ballpoint pen, and reset what an action film…
AmnesiaOverboard is one of the strangest romantic comedies ever made and one of the most popular. Garry Marshall directed the 1987 original.
2010sSeen it three times across years. The 9 rating is honest evaluation.
2000sFinding Nemo is one of the foundational documents of Pixar's golden era and one of the great American animated films of the early twenty-first century. Stanton would subsequently direct WALL-E in 2008, Finding Dory in 2016, and various other major…
2000s50 First Dates is one of the more substantive Adam Sandler romantic comedies and the second major collaboration between Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The Wedding Singer had established the romantic comedy partnership that 50 First Dates extended.
2000sChristopher Nolan's directorial breakthrough. Guy Pearce's career-defining performance.
2010sFlat performance, press tour damage, decorative feminism, and the protagonist who is actually the villain. The film does not reward straight-through viewing.
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