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The Forgotten

Year:2004
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Drama, Horror, Mystery
IMDB:IMDB Page
Rating:6.5  Rate
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Community: 2 Have Seen


DirectorJoseph Ruben
Selected CastJulianne Moore as Telly
 Dominic West as Ash
 Christopher Kovaleski as Sam
 Anthony Edwards as Jim


On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

The Forgotten - Columbia TriStar - USA (2005)
VHS

The Forgotten - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Australia (2005)
VHS

The Forgotten - Parus - Russia (2004)


Comments and Reviews
 
Magic Marmalade
2nd Sep 2021
 Rated 7/10
Feels like a made for TV production...

...A bit cheap, with ideas above it's station.

There's moments of pretty wobbly (literally!) camera work early on, and it feels like it's setting itself up to rehash an old idea of a psychological thriller about what if everyone forgot about someone you knew except you, and presenting itself as something more profound, but with that whole NCIS vibe going on.

For this reason, I was not impressed early on, feeling it was miles below where it thought it wanted to be...

...At the same time, I was perplexed at the truly astonishing cast in this, for such a cheapo production... contractual obligation? .... tax loss enterprise?

...But no, as it very soon answered all my queries, and allayed my fears, by showing itself for what it truly was... an extended Twilight Zone episode... now it all makes sense!

And judged on that basis, it got better and better in the watching, using that basic premise merely as a platform for a mystery / conspiracy film. And especially the rather cruddy music score over the top, suddenly it made all the sense in the world:

I mention Twilight Zone, when actually, this has all the hallmarks of The X-Files!

It is basically that... a not overly long (hour and a half) episode of the X-files, which, if you love that series, you'll more than probably like this> In fact, I'm certain you will.

A few twists, some nicely genuinely surprising moments, and a good evening watch on the TV.

(Probably suffered on a cinema screen by virtue of it's shortcomings in this regard, but on the TV, late night... much more at home!)

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jaimeeduardo
16th Mar 2021
 
 


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