The Forgotten (2004)
Genre: Thriller / Scifi
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Stars: Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard and Gary Sinise
IMDb score:
5,8 (70.964)
Releasedate: 24 September 2004
The Forgotten plot
"You'll Never Forget The Ones You Love"
Telly Paretta is haunted by the memory of the death of her 9-year-old son Sam. As she comes to terms with the loss and subsequent estrangement of her husband Jim, her psychiatrist, Dr. Munce is told that she suffers from delusions and that her son never existed. Shocked, she tries to find traces of Sam's existence, but they seem to have been obliterated...
Actors and actresses
Telly Paretta
Ash Correll
Dr. Munce
Jim Paretta
Det. Anne Pope
A Friendly Man
Carl Dayton
Eliot
Sam at 5
Reviews & comments
Peter Pan
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- 282 messages
- 668 votes
When reading the story, this seemed like a super exciting mystery thriller, but in the end a reasonable SF thriller.
The film starts very mysteriously, but quickly goes to the punch line.
Such a shame because a longer doubt about Telly's mental state would have made the film so much better!
On the one hand it is surprising, but on the other hand the tension is immediately a bit less in that regard.
Although the film turns into a "cheap" x-files episode at times, the search for Sam remains exciting.
Julianne Moore always continues to act well and credibly in these kinds of genres, just a pity that Gary Sinise had too small a role.
When some longer doubts had been built in at the beginning and later some more mysterious sf had been applied (instead of rushed cheap events) it could have been a topper, but still sufficient.
7-
3*
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flaphead
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- 852 messages
- 982 votes
Another film that gradually gets weaker. The construction is fine. It soon becomes clear that something is not right with Telly and that is not stretched too long but quickly revealed: nice. A psychological thriller is imminent. Gradually we appear to be dealing with a X-Files-like sf: nothing wrong with that either, I can go along with that (I can imagine that some people drop out). Moore's acting is fine. I can also digest that not everything is explained, because that is not the most important part of the story.
But what is most important for the writer/director doesn't grab me. The drama, the parent-child bond: nope. Of course that child is uber-cute and smiling when taking off on the plane, 'i love you mom', and the mother is so proud and happy, and we have to see that over and over. Yes, yes, what a drama. The ending is terrifying: mother's love wins against an alien experiment and everything is reversed, horrible.
The premise surrounding memory is interesting, but the chosen path and elaboration was unfortunate for me.
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Black Math
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- 5430 messages
- 1753 votes
Very bad. At first we get a lot of indications that Moore's character is delusional, but then you already feel that it will turn out that she was completely right. And then a lot of paranormality takes place, where you indeed have to think about The X-Files, because we don't get answers. Moore's character will of course get her son back as expected. That lack of answers can sometimes lead to an oppressive and intriguing atmosphere, here it mainly creates the feeling of a cheap trick. In combination with the predictability surrounding Moore's character, I arrive at 0.5*.
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