Memento Drinking Game Rules
Use this Memento drinking game to match the movie’s sharp turns and uneasy mood. Christopher Nolan keeps you off balance as Leonard chases facts he cannot hold onto. You track tattoos, Polaroids, and half-finished thoughts while the story moves both forward and backward. The rules keep your focus on the details the film wants you to notice.
Memento rewards close watching, so play with friends who like to call out clues. Keep your drink nearby, because the film cuts often and repeats key lines. You will feel the pull of every “fact” Leonard clings to, even when it leads him wrong. Start the movie, lock in your own memory, and try to keep up.
Memento Drinking Game Rules:
- Take a sip any time a new Polaroid photo appears on screen
- Take a sip when Leonard studies a Polaroid and reads the caption out loud
- Take a sip when Leonard looks at a tattoo to get his bearings
- Drink when you see a close-up of a tattoo being made or referenced as a “fact”
- Take a sip when Leonard says “remember” or talks about needing to remember something
- Drink when “Sammy Jankis” is mentioned or shown in a memory scene
- Take a sip when the timeline jumps and Leonard wakes up confused in a new place
- Take a sip when the film switches between black-and-white and color
- Drink when Leonard makes or repeats a rule for himself (notes, habits, routines)
- Drink when Teddy tries to steer Leonard with a story, a warning, or a “trust me” angle
- Drink when Natalie pours a drink, slides a beer, or uses the bar to control the conversation
- Drink when Leonard writes something down on his hand, a note, or a Polaroid to lock it in
- Finish your drink when Natalie provokes Leonard into a full breakdown and then leaves him alone
- Finish your drink when Leonard marks a major “truth” as a lie (or decides to ignore what he just learned)
- Finish your drink when Leonard deliberately sets a trap for his future self (like changing a note or labeling someone)
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About the Movie
- Title
- Memento
- Released
- 25 May 2001
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Plot
- Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.
- Language
- English
