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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... 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 (Julianne Moore) is tormented by the memory of her eight-year-old son Sam's death in a plane crash 14 months ago. While trying to work through her grief, and her subsequent estrangement from her husband Jim (Anthony Edwards), she is informed by her psychiatrist, Dr. Munce (Gary Sinise), that she is suffering from delusions, that her son never existed and she is fabricating his memories. Stunned, she tries to find evidence of Sam's existence photos, videos, scrapbooks. But it has all disappeared. Telly is convinced she is going mad until she meets Ash Correll (Dominic West), the father of one of the other plane crash victims. Together, they embark on a search to prove the existence of their children and reclaim their sanity. Revolution Studios Presents a Jinks/Cohen Company Production The Forgotten, a Columbia Pictures release. The film stars Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache and Anthony Edwards. The film is directed by Joseph Ruben from a screenplay written by Gerald DiPego. Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks and Joe Roth are the producers. Steve Nicolaides and Todd Garner are the executive producers. Anastas Michos is the director of photography. The production designer is Bill Groom. The editor is Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. Cindy Evans is the costume designer. The music is by James Horner. -- © Columbia Pictures [More]

Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard

Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache, Anthony Edwards

Director: Joseph Ruben

Director: Joseph Ruben
Screenwriter: Gerald DiPego
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Joe Roth
Composer: James Horner
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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*Rarely has so much cinematic stuff -- star power, special effects, set design -- gone on in the service of something so evanescent and feathery.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/27/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Unusual mix of drama and science fiction, masquerading as a horror film.

Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television | comment Comment
01/24/05
Michael E. Grost
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

... [Julianne Moore] is the heart and soul that lifts The Forgotten from direct-to-video fare and into something genuinely interesting.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
01/21/05
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Goes from figuratively to literally sucking as characters mysteriously go flying into the sky.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
12/05/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
11/26/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

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Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
11/08/04
Sunday Times (Australia)
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La frustración proviene de ver un pésimo abordaje de lo que originalmente fue una buena idea que contaba además con una estupenda actriz.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
11/06/04
Luis Martinez
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos

Lurking beneath is an equally creepy sense of latent antagonism now, between Mom and the State when it comes to possession rights over human offspring.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
11/02/04
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

The more you understand what's really going on, the less you like it.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
10/28/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

O que tinha tudo para se transformar em um thriller psicológico de primeira acabou assumindo a forma de um filme B pouco inspirado.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
10/26/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Cool idea. Realized pretty darned well, with some faults. In the "M. Night Shyamalan" genre.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
10/25/04
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

The film never grabs the audience...

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
10/24/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

[W]hy dramatize your premise when you can blow the windows out of an abandoned warehouse instead?

Full Review Source: Blogcritics.org | comment Comment
10/24/04
Alan Dale
Alan Dale
Blogcritics.org

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/20/04
Film Threat
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The set-up is promising but it crashes and burns when the film turns into a bad episode of The X-Files

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
10/20/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

has a penchant for getting at gooey sentiment through the fantastical

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/19/04
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/19/04
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The filmmakers have their characters screaming and running for their lives, and it becomes exceedingly hard to figure out or even care why.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/16/04
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com

Satisfying explanations of the whys, whats, and whos are missing. Yet this 'X-Files' type thriller has its moments.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Kansan | comment Comment
10/16/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Forced to fess up, a G-man tells Moore, 'The truth won't fit in your brain.' That may be, but I doubt it took up much room in writer Gerald DiPego’s brain.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
10/11/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
 
 
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