The Forgotten

    The Forgotten
    2004

    Synopsis

    Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.

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    Cast

    • Julianne MooreTelly Paretta
    • Dominic WestAsh Correll
    • Gary SiniseDr. Munce
    • Anthony EdwardsJim Paretta
    • Alfre WoodardDet. Anne Pope
    • Linus RoacheA Friendly Man
    • Robert WisdomCarl Dayton
    • Jessica HechtEliot
    • Christopher KovaleskiSam
    • Matthew PleszewiczSam at 5

    Recommendations

    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      Midway through, the plot pulls itself out of its doldrums with a sudden, heart-twisting turn. Ruben still knows how to cut a sequence for maximum jolt, and, ultimately, he and DiPego manage to summon up some of the B-movie paranoia that fueled "The Stepfather," turning in a pleasantly nonsensical roller-coaster ride.
    • 63

      Chicago Tribune

      The stylish and imaginative imagery in director Joseph Ruben's film, not to mention the parapsychological twists and mysteries, evoke the work of director M. Night Shyamalan.
    • 58

      Entertainment Weekly

      A thriller of carefully cultivated murk. It's enigmatic in the worst sense, in that every explanation for what's going on holds less water than the last.
    • 50

      Dallas Observer

      Ultimately only Moore, with her eyes always half-damp and voice half-cracked and body language half-mad, keeps the movie on the ground, when it too often threatens to fly into the thin air, where the audience would laugh it off the screen.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Sustains a few icy chills, but a mix of genres muddles the story.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      This could easily go down as the year's best example of solid acting in a wretched motion picture.
    • 50

      Charlotte Observer

      By the self-contradictory and ludicrous end, I had the mixed satisfaction of being proved right in my disappointment. (Di Pego wrote the equally silly "Instinct" and "Angel Eyes," so I can't say I was surprised.)
    • 50

      Miami Herald

      The ending of The Forgotten leaves you feeling the same way, wondering just how much -- if anything -- of what came before actually happened.

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