Absolutely Fantastic

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Found this film very moving especially the ending really gripped me, very powerful storylines about the lingering effects of losing a loved one, Robert Pattinson is a great actor in this film in particular.

The only reason I am not giving this film a 1/10 is because the acting was so phenomenal and the movie was very good until the soul crushing ending. I love a good tragic romance, but this movie simply went too far. If you want to get your heart ripped right out of your chest, this is the movie for you. It left my heart aching and my mind spinning for days.From the description on Netflix, I knew I was in for a tearjerker. I can handle a little tragedy but only if it is well done. This movie is not well done at all. First of all, the two characters have already lived lives riddled with tragedy. I personally felt that the opening scene was completely unbelievable and very much avoidable. So the two main characters bring happiness to each other's otherwise tragic existences.I loved Tyler's relationship with his little sister, I thought those were among some of the best scenes in the movie. I felt that the premise was forced and ridiculous of Tyler "only approaching" Allie to get her cop father to drop the charges against him. That plot line was weak from the very beginning and only serves for them to get in a stupid fight about it later on.I personally realized that the current timeline was 2001 from the very beginning, I know that a lot of people missed that. In the opening scene it shows 1991 flash across the screen and then it says "ten years later" when the true action of the story starts. I still was under the impression that 9/11 had already happened though, thus adding to the tragic atmosphere of their existing lives. In their political science class the teacher mentions "recent terrorist attacks" which I assumed could be none other than 9/11.Robert Pattinson gives a breathtaking performance and the chemistry between him and the main lead is unquestionable. The only questionable thing is what on earth the director was thinking with his horrifically offensive twist ending. I started to see it coming when they mentioned it was Labor Day...Labor Day in 2001 is obviously before 9/11...so I assumed they were perhaps going to have her cop father killed in the attacks which would have been tragic because they were fighting the better half of the movie. But no...they chose to go an even darker route.It seems like a lot of people loved the twist ending, but I am definitely among those who are appalled and sickened by it. The fact that the director chose to withhold that Tyler's father was working in one of the towers all along is NOT poetic or moving, it is a deliberate trap to throw the viewer off. My issue is not that they incorporated 9/11 into this movie. But to USE 9/11 as your surprise/Sixth Sense twist ending is unforgivable. I would have been more OK with it if from the very beginning you knew that his father worked there. Then it would have just been a tragic story that happened to take place around 9/11.And not to mention how unbelievable this string of events is! So we are to believe that these two sets of families have really been struck with this much tragedy? Ally's mother is murdered right in front of her and then the love of her life dies in the 9/11 attacks??? And poor Caroline...her one brother kills himself and then her other brother dies in the 9/11 attacks? Come on!!! What did these poor families do to anger The Reaper??? Some people claimed that the take away from this movie is that happiness is still possible no matter how much tragedy hits you. I suppose I can see that point but I think it could have been better accomplished without reliving the worst moment in American history. And I think that point still comes across without Tyler dying a horrific, unfathomable death in the end.I am not sure what the take away from this movie is supposed to be but the only thing it made me wish was that I had picked a different movie on Netflix.

Greetings from Lithuania."Remember Me" (2010) was a a very pleasant surprise for me. I was involved in a movie from first minutes till the very last end. I cared for the characters, it all (almost) was plausible and believable. This is one of the best romantic movies around. Performances were uniformly good from all. Script was good - very involving. Directing was solid - at running time 1 h 50 min this movie didn't drag for a second and the ending was very good and moving. Overall, "Remember Me" is kinda "in your face Nicolas Sparks" romance movie. It has much realistic and plausible situations, realistic and not cheeze romance and some "twist" (if you can call it that) at the end that wasn't manipulative. This a very good movie to all tastes.

I need to remember not to allow my movie choices to be influenced by critic's opinions. I just finished watching Remember Me, stumbled on it by accident in Netflix, and couldn't stop watching. I'm a huge Rob Pattinson fan, loved the Twilight books and movies, but heard such negative reviews about this movie that I never gave it a chance. I'm so glad I did! What a tremendous performance by Rob. I saw his acting potential in Twilight, he was by far the main reason those movies were even as good as they were. But he really seems to be strengthening his craft in this movie. He's believable and you can't take your eyes off him. Not because of handsomeness, but something magnetic. There were several other great performance as well, including his girlfriend and young sister.This isn't a cookie cutter movie with predictable plots and stereotype characters. It was a very emotionally satisfying movie. I highly recommend it.