AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
I really wish I could forget seeing The Forgotten. It is perhaps the worst movie I have seen since 8 Crazy Nights, and that is the bottom of my scale.
The Forgotten features Julianne Moore (The Hours) as Telly Paretta, a woman mourning the loss of her nine year-old son, Sam, fourteen months ago. Suddenly, Telly’s steel-trap memory starts to falter. She forgets where she parked the car or put her keys, but surely she could never forget her son. The problem is everyone else has. Sam starts disappearing from family photos, from videos, and from her friends’ and family’s memories. Her husband and her therapist try to convince her that her son never existed; that he was a figment of her imagination. Telly is not about to believe that she made her son up, so she does what any reasonable person would do. She runs away and tries to prove that she is right. She drags Ash Correll (Dominic West, Mona Lisa Smile), a man who she believes is the father of a girl who died in the same plane crash as Sam, into the mess as well. Somehow, the National Security Administration is on their tale as is the New York Police Department. They cannot figure out why so many people want to keep them from finding out the truth about their children. Not surprisingly, the solution to this mystery is as stupid as the rest of the movie.
The previews say that this movie is “the biggest jaw dropper since The Sixth Sense.” Yes, my jaw dropped. Unfortunately it was from shock at how incredibly bad this movie is. It is overacted, underwritten, and the plot lacks suspense and interest. Not even talented Julianne Moore could carry this movie. The material is so poorly written that her performance looks ridiculous. I am still wondering why she ever chose this project. The Forgotten was a major disappointment.
The only (yes, only) good thing in this movie is the car crash. It is the most convincing crash I have seen. It takes the audience completely by surprise. I nearly had a heart attack. If only Telly hadn’t gotten out of the car door after being hit, side impact, at fifty miles per hour, and run three miles unscathed immediately afterward.
The Forgotten took in twenty-one million dollars in its opening weekend. It would be well deserved if everyone could get their money back. Save your money, don’t bother seeing this movie.
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