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| Value for Money | 3/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5/10 |
Full review by
leighton76
expert review 
on 22nd Nov 2004
User Rating : 5
Respect :
+1
Good Points: A film that actually has a good performance by Julianne Moore.
Bad Points: The film fizzled out in the last 20 minutes and overall it could have been a "Made for TV" film.
General comments: The Forgotten - The film is based around a mother's grief and the unbreakable mother-child bond.
Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her 8 year old son Sam who died 14 months earlier in a plane crash, she has a daily routine of smelling his belongings, watching videos of him and looking at photos, however, when things start to go missing Telly finds she's in for a big shock.
Telly's Psychiatrist (Gary Sinise) and husband (Anthony Edwards) tell her that she has created 9 years of memories and that she has never had a son and also that things aren't going missing it's just that she is getting better.
In a fit of despair, Telly drives off in her car and visits a neighbour whose daughter was also killed in the same crash, however Ash (Dominic West) tells her that he has never had a daughter and that she is making this up. After Telly trashes his study to uncover children's drawings, she tells Ash that it used to be his daughter's room, but before she can explain further Ash calls the police and Telly is arrested.
A short time later Ash starts having flashbacks, remembering his daughter and helps Telly to escape from the FBI (kind of unusual that the FBI turned up when Ash called the police).
After escaping the FBI on a number of occasions (bearing in mind that the FBI are experts and that Telly is a delusional housewife and Ash is a drunk ex-hockey player, this is quite an achievement) they start to ask a number of questions like why are the FBI after them? What happened to their children? How did everyone forget? Who's responsible?
When pieces of the puzzle start to fit together and Telly and Ash answer some of the questions, the film takes somewhat of a dip and it seems as though the makers were in a rush for the credits.
Julianne Moore puts in a good performance as a grieving but very determined and strong-willed leading role (I challenge you to think of another good performance by Ms. Moore, it's hard!!).
Overall the film, although promising in the first hour, petered out from there on and "The Forgotten" untimately ended up being just that, quite quickly after it ended.
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