Never Stop Remembering

In 2004 a film asked us: What if one day you were told that everything you knew, everything you loved, everything you remembered never really happened? The question really rang in minds, especially those who had recently lost a child. The movie I'm referring to, as I'm sure you all have figured out from the image, is The Forgotten. The movie centers around two characters: Telly Paretta and Ash Correll. Both have lost a child but everyone around them seems to have forgotten about the children except for Telly and Ash. Telly asked, "if they just died, why make us forget?" And so begins their search for the truth and what they find is bigger than they could imagine.

The first time I watched this movie I instantly fell in love with it. My only reason was because Julianne Moore was the lead actress and I loved everything she did. Though, after watching it a second time two years later my love for it grew after realizing the overall story. For me it was something new, and original; something that had not ripped off some comic, video game, book, or what-have-you. People have called this movie a bore fest but I don't agree. It shows the viewer that a mother's tie to her child can never be broken even by an alien being.

Julianne Moore gave a knock-out performance in this movie and I don't think any other actress could have made the role as awesome as Moore did. I could have lived without Anthony Edwards dry performance but, beggars can't be choosers. Dominic West put a lot of emotion into Ash Correll, the father who had lost his daughter in the same plane crash as Paretta's son. Overall it was a great cast. I won't tell you the whole movie just in case you haven't given the movie a chance despite it being out for five years now.

Rest assured, it's worth it.