Synopsis
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
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Cast
- Hugh JackmanNicolas 'Nick' Bannister
- Rebecca FergusonMae
- Thandiwe NewtonEmily 'Watts' Sanders
- Cliff CurtisCyrus Booth
- Marina de TaviraTamara Sylvan
- Daniel WuSaint Joe
- Mojean AriaSebastian Sylvan
- Brett CullenWalter Sylvan
- Natalie MartinezAvery Castillo
- Angela SarafyanElsa Carine
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
In building this mystery, and in proving herself as a major entertainer, Joy always has something up her sleeve, including her savvy ways to suddenly spike the plot with a slickly edited fight scene that builds the mystery instead of just taking a break from it. - 60
Slashfilm
Reminiscence is so very, very close to succeeding. Joy has a great visual style – there’s a fight scene in a flooded room with a piano that’s genuinely stunning to watch – and the noir/sci-fi mash-up is often enjoyable. But Reminiscence never manages to feel like a memory worth revisiting. - 60
The Telegraph
It’s a film about memory which itself feels like the kind of thing you vaguely remember seeing 25 years ago. I’m not sure future slow-burn classic status awaits, but at a time when few studio films even seem to be striving for it, you have to applaud the attempt. - 60
Total Film
The film falters mostly with its disappointingly one-note female characters ... It’s a shame, for Reminiscence has some impressive ingredients floating around in its murky mix. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Reminiscence is never not interesting, but Joy leaves a lot of the intriguing issues unsatisfactorily explored. - 50
Washington Post
“Reminiscence” has all the ingredients for electrifying summer entertainment. But despite its considerable star power and impressive set pieces, the sprawling meditation on memory is simply an attractive mess. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Writer-director Lisa Joy (Westworld) seems to be aiming for an Inception-style metaphysical mind-bend, with the sci-fi jolt of Minority Report and a bleak splash of Waterworld. But her intentions get lost in some cloudy marine layer in between, sunk by hammy hard-boiled dialogue and a story that leaves logic at the door. - 42
IndieWire
It’s an absolute slog to watch Jackman row this way and that in search of something to justify this movie’s labored metaphors.
