AnneCarlini.com Home
 
  Giveaways!
  Insider Gossip
  Monthly Hot Picks
  Book Reviews
  CD Reviews
  Concert Reviews
  DVD Reviews
  Game Reviews
  Movie Reviews
  Check Out The NEW Anne Carlini Productions!
  [NEW!] Sasha Lane & Brandon Perea [‘Twisters’]
  [NEW!] Sir Ian McKellen [‘The Critic’]
  Josh Lovelace (NEEDTOBREATHE)
  Michael Des Barres [2024]
  Belouis Some (2024)
  Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel (2024)
  Fabienne Shine (Shakin’ Street)
  Crystal Gayle
  Ellen Foley
  Mark Ruffalo (‘Poor Things’)
  Paul Giamatti (‘The Holdovers’)
  The Home of WAXEN WARES Candles!
  Michigan Siding Company for ALL Your Outdoor Needs
  MTU Hypnosis for ALL your Day-To-Day Needs!
  COMMENTS FROM EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE READERS!


©2024 annecarlini.com
Ghost Canyon

Movie Reviews
'The Forgotten'
(Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise / PG-13 / 98 mins / Revolution)

Overview: Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is undergoing therapy to deal with the loss of her young son. When her therapist claims that Paretta actually never had a son and that she's unconsciously fabricated all her memories, Paretta is aghast; when she meets another patient (Dominic West) with the same situation, however, she begins an investigation, trying to uncover the truth.

Verdict: If you're looking for a movie that lurches from melodrama to psychological thriller, then this is gonna be right up your alley! 'The Forgotten' is, in truth, a pleasantly nonsensical roller-coaster ride for sure, decent but depressing, yet at the same time preposterous and unfortunately banally indifferent to human loss! Despite a plotline that doesn't really hold up to scrutiny, and some repetitive camera flourishes, 'The Forgotten' is, again, passable entertainment. The russet-haired Moore in autumn is like Grace Kelly in summer; a perfectly color-coded vision. Watching her pace through a leaf-strewn park, or stroll a Brooklyn street of dignified brownstones, has its own aesthetic pleasures. And yet, when she does this you feel that the entire picture has jolted sideways to incorporate another direction for us to view - in case we weren't believing the film's first one! Worth a few bucks on a wet afternoon, but not much else.





...Archives