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The Forgotten (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 168
Fresh: 52
Rotten:116
Average Rating: 5/10
Consensus: The premise grows too ridiculous to take seriously.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense thematic material, some violence and brief language
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Sep 24, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $66,641,205
Synopsis: What if you were told that every moment you experienced and every memory you held dear never happened? In Revolution Studios' haunting psychological thriller The Forgotten, Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is tormented by the memory... What if you were told that every moment you experienced and every memory you held dear never happened? In Revolution Studios' haunting psychological thriller The Forgotten, Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is tormented by the memory of her eight-year-old son Sam's death in a plane crash 14 months ago. While trying to work through her grief, and her subsequent estrangement from her husband Jim (Anthony Edwards), she is informed by her psychiatrist, Dr. Munce (Gary Sinise), that she is suffering from delusions, that her son never existed and she is fabricating his memories. Stunned, she tries to find evidence of Sam's existence photos, videos, scrapbooks. But it has all disappeared. Telly is convinced she is going mad until she meets Ash Correll (Dominic West), the father of one of the other plane crash victims. Together, they embark on a search to prove the existence of their children and reclaim their sanity. Revolution Studios Presents a Jinks/Cohen Company Production The Forgotten, a Columbia Pictures release. The film stars Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache and Anthony Edwards. The film is directed by Joseph Ruben from a screenplay written by Gerald DiPego. Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks and Joe Roth are the producers. Steve Nicolaides and Todd Garner are the executive producers. Anastas Michos is the director of photography. The production designer is Bill Groom. The editor is Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. Cindy Evans is the costume designer. The music is by James Horner. -- © Columbia Pictures [More]
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache, Anthony Edwards
Director: Joseph Ruben
Director: Joseph Ruben
Screenwriter: Gerald DiPego
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Joe Roth
Composer: James Horner
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Release:
Jan 18, 2005
DVD Features:
- Note: This release includes two versions of the film: the original theatrical cut plus a never-before-seen extended cut with deleted scenes and an alternate ending.
- Region (unknown)
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Thai
- Subtitles - English, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Joseph Ruben - Director, Gerald DiPego - Writer
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurette - 1. "The Making of The Forgotten"
- 2. "Remembering the Forgotten"
- Trailers - 1. Columbia Tri-Star Previews
Reviews for The Forgotten
Who wants to see -- or remember -- a wildly implausible thriller that's also grim and humorless?
The climax is a disappointment, lacking the quick visual thrills earlier in the movie and failing to answer many key questions raised throughout.
Not since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier has there been such a stupid omnipotent force.
The Forgotten, though not an outright bad movie, is yet another frustrating example of a Hollywood film that simply lacks the courage of its convictions.
Starts out as a psychological drama and gets a whole lot weirder as it goes along.
What the father-son bond was to Frequency mother love is to The Forgotten, a "Twilight Zone" / "X-Files"–esque thriller with a pro-life twist.
*Rarely has so much cinematic stuff -- star power, special effects, set design -- gone on in the service of something so evanescent and feathery.
Unusual mix of drama and science fiction, masquerading as a horror film.
... [Julianne Moore] is the heart and soul that lifts The Forgotten from direct-to-video fare and into something genuinely interesting.
Goes from figuratively to literally sucking as characters mysteriously go flying into the sky.
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