Memory

R

Released Dec 22, 2023

1 hr. 40 min.

Drama

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110 Reviews

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Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

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Critics Consensus

A searingly powerful union of filmmaker and cast, Memory finds writer/director Michel Franco exploring complex, mature themes brought brilliantly to life by stars Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard.

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Marcianne W

This was definitely not a mainstream movie and I say that in a complimentary way. Wonderful performances by the entire cast. A very sad but touching story. Beaitiful in many ways.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Deb Ealden

Its an engaging and heartwarming story. Excellent acting from all the actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/24

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Gerald W

Great acting! Slow, but profound.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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Carole H

Well acted. Interesting presentation of problems with alzheiimers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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dianne c

Great cast weak script very slow

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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Anne M

Great acting, interesting story but it kept shifting gears so I wasn't sure where it was trying to go. Ultimately, worth while.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Michel Franco

Director

Jessica Chastain

Sylvia

Peter Sarsgaard

Saul

Brooke Timber

Anna

Ross Brodar

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Josh Charles

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Steph Green

Empire Magazine

Chastain and Sarsgaard are a class act — their touching, tactile chemistry is the film’s triumph.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 18, 2024

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Insinuating and bravely acted, Memory is plotted like a play: there are shades of Florian Zeller’s The Father, albeit with the dementia theme as only one side of the coin here.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 29, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

There’s lots of shouting and crying, Chastain and Sarsgaard are eminently watchable, as they always are and the ending is cute, but it also defies logic and any semblance of credibility.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2024

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Kevin Wight

The Wee Review

A challenging, painful, but ultimately hopeful drama of two people afflicted by a loss and a surfeit of memory.

Rated: 4

Mar 21, 2024

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Tom Shone

Sunday Times (UK)

A well-acted but dull entry in the Hollywood suffering sweepstakes, the film features Chastain in a rare onscreen romance... and a curious one it turns out to be, with a particularly tender scene in a bathtub.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2024

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Ellen E Jones

Observer (UK)

Gradually and delicately, Sylvia and Saul’s tessellating traumas are revealed by a beautifully balanced pair of lead performances – though their happy-ever-after is never assured.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2024

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Synopsis

Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

Director: Michel Franco
Executive Producer: Lauran Bromley, Marie Bromley, Efe Cakarel, Moises Chiver
Screenwriter: Michel Franco
Distributor: Ketchup Entertainment
Production Co: Screen 1, Teorema Films, The Match Factory, High Frequency Entertainment, MUBI, Case Study Films
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 20, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $378.7K

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