The Film: Remember Me

If Robert Pattinson is anxious to establish himself as more than just a pale face, this could well be the film that does so.

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Remember Me
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Directed by
Allen Coulter

Starring
Robert Pattinson
Emilie De Ravin
Pierce Brosnan[/info]

Both starring in and co-producing this romantic drama, Pattinson plays Tyler, a tortured soul, arguably similar to that of Edward Cullen, but in this case, capturing the perfect amount of broodiness in order to envelop the ideas of sorrow and loss that the films sets out to portray.

In the wake of his older brother’s recent suicide, the only seemingly positive relationship in Tyler’s life is that with his younger sister Caroline, until Ally that is ( played by Lost’s Emilie de Ravin); and what begins as a dare inevitably, and predictably, spirals into a fervent romance. With Ally comes a ‘live life to the fullest’ attitude, a result of losing her mother at a young age, and she sets out to rid Tyler of his cynical nature. The two are joined together by a mutual understanding of grief and a restoration of love, with Tyler’s roommate, Aidan (Tate Ellington) providing the necessary comic relief where the film is in danger of being stuck in a melancholic rut.

Pierce Brosnan and Christopher Cooper are also applaudable in their roles, with Brosnan as Tyler’s outwardly uninterested work obsessed father, and Cooper as Ally’s overprotective Police Sergeant Father. The film, therefore, not only follows the budding relationship between the two lovebird leads, but also the damaged father-child relationships that are so greatly in need of being restored. Tyler’s younger sister, played by Ruby Jerin’s, is also a pleasure to watch and a young actress to look out for in the future.

The film is well directed and acted, with three dimensional characters whose situations and relationships are relatable without being borderline cliché; however the plot itself can be a little slow paced at times, and seems to lack any real direction. Despite this fact, the issues confronted are emotive and relevant and Pattinson finally plays a realistic character that is actually worth his fans drooling over.

The ending itself could either be considered inappropriately crass and completely irrelevant or stunningly poignant, but either way it’s one, mind the pun, to remember.

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