Synopsis
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Cast
- Christopher PlummerZev Guttman
- Bruno GanzRudy Kurlander #1
- Jürgen ProchnowRudy Kurlander #4
- Heinz LievenRudy Kurlander #2
- Henry CzernyCharles Guttman
- Dean NorrisJohn Kurlander
- Martin LandauMax Rosenbaum
- Kim RobertsPaula
- Amanda SmithCele
- Sean FrancisMax's Aide
Recommendations
- 80
The Telegraph
Egoyan, working from a script by first-time screenwriter Benjamin August, works hard to steer the premise away from crassness – and in Plummer, he’s blessed with a lead actor who can express Zev’s interior struggle with delicacy and dignified understatement. - 70
Screen Daily
A stripped-down drama built around a powerful and sometimes troubling performance by Christopher Plummer. - 60
CineVue
The thoughtfulness of Plummer's performance is not matched by a script that forgets human logic in favour of narrative tricksiness that ultimately undermines the initially intriguing premise. - 58
The Playlist
The pathos of this situation is clear, the stakes, which obviously involve genocide, justice and actual Nazis, are sky high and Plummer is completely extraordinary. So why on earth isn't Remember a better film? - 50
Variety
Crafted in utilitarian fashion by Egoyan, Remember does little to earn the poignancy of Plummer’s stricken performance. - 38
Slant Magazine
Atom Egoyan is only interested in using the Holocaust as fodder for carrot-dangling plot contrivances. - 38
New York Post
Christopher Plummer confronts Nazi horrors again in Atom Egoyan’s preposterous thriller, which squanders a terrific performance by the Oscar-winning actor. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
There's little sense of personal investment from the director, but Egoyan does what he can to keep the story moving forward, without getting bogged down in its implausibilities, which are too many to count.
