Remember Me

borrowed this from the library despite pattinson & my better judgement. little did i expect from this slow romantic tragedy, and little i got. de ravin pulls off her quirky fierce yet fearful ny character well, but her choice of pattinson was just not credible, his roommate ellington's much funnier. it appears the director wanted to stage the beginning and ending to anchor his movie with 2 horrific senseless(?) events, but what he depicted in between wasn't very interesting. read more

remember me is being marketed largely behind the power of robert pattinson's drawing power, and the film shows that he may well have hope as an actor after the twilight franchise is finished. pattinson's performance as tyler hawkins may not be the most compelling performance on-screen so far this year, but it shows that there is something more to the actor than sparkling in the sunlight and mooning over kristen stewart. the flaw is in the manipulative nature of the script by will fetters and the heavy-handed way in which director allen coulter brings it to the screen. the message is lost read more