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| The Forgotten | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  280 reviews
Sales Rank: 1070
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 95 minutes
ASIN: B000T4349G
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2004
Release Date: August 13, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 No need to tell the story January 6, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Regarding all the reviews, you can deduce what the film is about. I'm not going to re-tell the story. I am going to tell you that a parent's panic at a lost child is traumatic, but what is worse is that no one believes you. You go through the stages of panic, investigation, doubt, blame, and guilt. Your results may vary.
This film is certainly a B film. But, the issue remains. After a few wet-your-pants moments you really want Julianne Moore to find her son. The confrontation with her and the creator of loss and forgetfullness, a dispassionate alien, brings to fore the nobility of humanity and the shortcomings of an analytical race.
Hug your loved ones. No one knows how permanent it may be.
Mysterious Psychological Thriller turns down Sci Fi Avenue December 30, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In The Forgotten, Julian Moore plays a woman with desperate issues. She has lost her son in a plane crash with several other children. We come in on the movie some time later as she is seeing a therapist and still dealing with the loss. She constantly revisits photos, toys, baseball paraphernalia and books that her son had in order to keep remembering him. His room is still just as it was and she can't seem to let go of his memory long enough to get back to her real life.
When she suddenly starts to see evidence of her son missing, thinking it's her husbands doing in order to help her let go, she gets angry and is told by her therapist (Gary Sinese) that she never had a son, that she had made it up in her head. She finds a fellow parent (Dominic West) who also lost his daughter in the crash but doesn't believe she ever existed. Together they begin putting together pieces of the puzzle that lead to a striking revelation.
Many people may think the shift to Science Fiction in the middle may be a cop out, but to try explaining it any other way would be ludicrous. Juliana Moore gives a strong performance as always in another one of her mediocre choices of movies. The movie is dark and creepy with washed out color and overcast outdoor shots, making the film look bleak. The mystery of the disappearance is pushing for this Hitchcock feel but it never quite reaches that point. Overall, it is still an entertaining movie if you like Sci-Fi/Thriller films in the X-Files genre.
Nothing Great December 5, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie was adequate. Nothing more. Nothing new, nothing great. It seemed to be a cross of "Conspiracy Theory" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
Julianne Moore plays a mother whose child died in a plane crash with several other children on the way to a summer camp. One day she finds all her pictures and videos of her son have disappeared. No one remembers her son, and there is no record of her son ever having lived. Everyone thinks she is crazy. But is she? Well you'll just have to watch the movie if you...no she is not crazy.
This movie was entertaining, but has more holes than you can even count. I don't like plot holes; I like a tight plot. This is one of those films that wants you to think, but not too much. They want you to consider the questions they ask, but don't try asking any questions of your own or you will be disappointed. The ending was particularly unsatisfying as everything turned out all happy and nice, but really had no right to. If you want to see a much better movie watch "Conspiracy Theory" instead. Or Invasion of the Body Snatchers for that matter (the old or the new version will work).
I liked it November 23, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just bought this DVD on clearance for $5.00, about the same price as a rental, so I didn't expect much.
I thought the movie did a fine job of capturing the sacredness of maternal instinct and love. No, we don't learn much about the "abductors" but who cares? the point was that no power that exists anywhere could conquer the love a mother has for her child. If that doesn't move you, and all you could focus on were the logic gaps, I feel bad for you. And for those who claim the plot is dumb, the successful "Flight Plan" owes much to this movie. I thought it was a fine film with great acting, and I'm glad I bought it because I will likely watch it again.
 Good acting, poor story November 18, 2006
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
This movie had a halfway decent set up and good acting, but the storyline deteriorated as the secrets were revealed and the ending made no sense. That's 91 minutes of my life that I will never get back, honestly my time would have been better spent sitting in an empty room staring off into space, at least then I could pass it off as meditating.
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