Stylish, moody, gripping and utterly nonsensical--what else do you expect from the director of Sleeping With the Enemy and the writer of Instinct?
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10/06/04
The Forgotten (2004)
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Reviews Counted:166
Fresh:51
Rotten:115
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: The premise grows too ridiculous to take seriously.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: What if you were told that every moment you experienced and every memory you held dear never happened? In Revolution Studios' haunting psychological thriller The Forgotten, Telly Paretta... [More]
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard
Director: Joseph Ruben
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06/24/06
Top CriticThe Forgotten, though not an outright bad movie, is yet another frustrating example of a Hollywood film that simply lacks the courage of its convictions.
03/23/05
A profoundly silly film that fails as both a sci-fi head trip and a deeper drama about a mother's love for her child.
09/25/04
Cool idea. Realized pretty darned well, with some faults. In the "M. Night Shyamalan" genre.
10/25/04
Few films have title more deserving.
08/24/05
It struck me as the most exciting and original Hollywood thriller, occult or otherwise, since The Sixth Sense.
09/23/04
A well-crafted thriller with a dash of horror and a pinch of the surreal.
09/22/04
Despite a terrific cast, thriller walks a thin line between camp and conceit. **
09/30/04
It's not the impossible premise that snaps the suspension of disbelief but the absurd details (these all-powerful conspirators use WALLPAPER to cover up evidence??)...
09/27/04
Nothing in The Forgotten happens for any reason other than that it's in the script.
09/23/04
Has shocks and a solid performance, but no intelligence to go with them.
09/24/04
Raises more (and rather obvious) questions than it answer about the impetus and intelligence behind the eventual truth -- and especially about the coherence of its conclusion.
09/23/04
We get all of Moore, which is a lot, but only half a story, which is not quite enough to make The Forgotten a winning thriller.
09/24/04
The Forgotten just doesn't quite hold up as either a gut-wrenching tale of loss or a convincing psychological thriller.
09/23/04
You could wind up with whiplash watching this film, and that's a compliment.
09/24/04
Starts off with great promise but has nowhere to go, missing as it is that small but crucial element of storytelling known as the story.
09/24/04
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