The Forgotten (film)

Infobox film
name = The Forgotten


caption = Promotional poster for "The Forgotten"
director = Joseph Ruben
producer = Bruce Cohen
Dan Jinks
Joe Roth
writer = Gerald Di Pego
starring = Julianne Moore
Anthony Edwards
Lee Tergesen
Alfre Woodard
Gary Sinise
Linus Roache
Dominic West
music = James Horner
cinematography = Anastas N. Michos
editing = Richard Francis-Bruce
distributor = Domestic:
Columbia Pictures
International:
nowrap|Sony Pictures Entertainment
released = September 24, 2004
runtime = 91 min
country = USA
language = English
budget = $42,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theforgotten/site/
amg_id = 1:289457
imdb_id = 0356618

"The Forgotten" is a 2004 American psychological thriller film, directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julianne Moore. The majority of the movie was filmed in New York City.

The movie revolves around a woman who thinks that she lost her son in a plane crash 14 months ago, only to wake up one morning and be told that she never had a son. All of her memories are intact but with no physical evidence that contradicts the claims of her husband and psychiatrist, she sets out in search for solid evidence of her son's existence.

Plot

Telly Paretta believes that her son Sam died fourteen months previously but her husband Jim tells her that she is delusional. Doctor Munce tells her that she is delusional and imagining a life that never happened after a miscarriage; he recommends that she be sent to a hospital. At this she runs away and meets with a man (Ash) whom she thinks is the father of one of her son's friends. At first he dismisses her and calls the police, but as she is taken away by the feds he also remembers his daughter and rescues Telly; together they escape and go into hiding, pursued by agents.

Telly and Ash capture and torture an agent, who reveals that the agents are merely helping "them" and it is for the protection of humankind. The roof of the house then blows off and the agent is abducted, presumably taken by "them", and the two flee. Eventually, she visits Dr. Munce again- and he reveals to her that the occurring disappearances are the work of 'them', and that the government monitors their trials- aware that they have no power to stop 'them' from doing whatever they want to do.

Eventually Telly hunts down one of "them" in a warehouse and he tells her that she has been a part of an experiment into whether the bonds between mother and child can be broken. Telly refuses to deny her son's existence. She is choked and ordered to give up her last memory of her son, the first time she saw him as a newborn. But she recalls her pregnancy and the being who has been experimenting on her is 'blown away'. She then finds herself living her normal life with her son again, though she remembers everything that has happened.

It is never exactly stated who "they" are, but it can be presumed that they are extraterrestrials because they are immune to bullets and possess advanced technologies.

Cast

*Julianne Moore – Telly Paretta
*Christopher Kovaleski – Sam
*Jessica Hecht – Eliot
*Gary Sinise – Dr. Jack Munce
*Alfre Woodard – Det. Anne Pope
*Anthony Edwards – Jim Paretta
*Dominic West – Ash Correll
*Linus Roache – "A Friendly Man" (Mr. Shineer)
*Lee Tergesen – Al Petalis

Dominic West and Robert Wisdom, both of whom had roles on the HBO show "The Wire," appear in this film.

Critical reception

Critics gave the film generally negative to mixed reviews. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 31% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 166 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forgotten/ |title=The Forgotten - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-10-27 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 43 out of 100, based on 34 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/forgotten/ |title=Forgotten, The (2004): Reviews |accessdate=2007-10-27 |publisher=Metacritic]

Box office performance

The film opened September 24, 2004 in the United States and Canada and grossed $21 million in 3,104 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=forgotten.htm |title=The Forgotten (2004) - Weekend Box Office |accessdate=2007-10-27 |publisher=Box Office Mojo]

The film cost $42 million to produce and it eventually grossed $67.1 million in the U.S. and Canada and $50.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $117.5 million. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forgotten.htm |title=The Forgotten (2004) |accessdate=2007-10-27 |publisher=Box Office Mojo]

ee also

* Twist ending

References

External links

* [http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theforgotten/ Official site]
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*rotten-tomatoes|id=forgotten|title=The Forgotten
*metacritic film|id=forgotten/ |title=The Forgotten
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*amg movie|id=1:289457|title=The ForgottenBox Office Leaders USA
before = Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
year = 2004
date = September 26
after = Shark Tale