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April 10, 2009
The Forgotten (2004)
Should I see it?
No.


Short Review: This illogical heap is a huge success, if its goal was to make the audience as remorseful and confused as its lead characters.

The Forgotten

This film blindly sprints its plot forward and runs straight into the hurdles of its own logic. I understand the need to mold a character’s behavior to push a plot in a predetermined direction. It’s poor story management, but sometimes it’s needed. However, it is rare to see it occur throughout the entire story. I’ve seen plots on Sesame Street that are less contrived than this one.

Even the chase scenes have their character’s making illogical, yet correct choices. The main character drops out of sight of the bad guys. The bad guys automatically know which route to take to get to her. It is as if they have a copy of the script and are following the scene description. "No! Hold on! It says here, she’s run down this hallway and then taken a left!" It’s illogical and worse yet, its bad film making.

Julianne Moore can act, but is still a distant performer. Her failure can be partly blamed on the films she chooses. You can’t expect a NASCAR driver to win the race driving a Prius. She has to start picking better projects otherwise she’ll end up like Glenn Close: talented but irrelevant.

Forget about renting this useless, confused mess.


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