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Two tormented souls, Tyler and Ally (Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin), enjoy moments of fun in “Remember Me.” |
“Remember Me” makes an easy target for criticism.
It’s slow and slightly pretentious with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson channeling James Dean, or at least James Franco channeling James Dean.
The ending might be too easy to anticipate. Maybe not.
“Remember Me” isn’t for people who want easy-to-like, emo characters and formula plots with nice, tidy, fake happy endings.
It’s a movie about loss and remembering. It reminds us we’re on the planet for a short time, and loved ones can leave or be taken without warning.
It tells us to stay focused on the people we love and to do it now, and to keep doing it.
The movie doesn’t deliver this message with any degree of subtlety.
It screams.
So if you’re not in the mood for a dark movie where the characters take time to warm to each other, or where the plot reveals itself in deliberate, measured increments, skip “Remember Me.” See something other than this romance between two lost souls.
As a child, Ally witnesses the murder of her mother on a New York subway platform in 1991.
Ten years later, Ally (“Lost” co-star Emilie de Ravin) is a student at a New York university where troubled Tyler Hawkins (executive producer Pattinson) also attends class.
He still carries the memory of his older brother who committed suicide in 1995. We assume that might be why his father, a high-powered Wall Street type (erstwhile 007 Pierce Brosnan) divorced his mother (Lena Olin) and has all but abandoned interest in Caroline (Ruby Jerins), his 11-year-old sister. (Read more…)