This is a really good review and one of the few I've read that doesn't contain spoilers. Of you've seen the trailers etc then there's nothing here that you don't already know. If you're a complete "Remember Me" Virgin then maybe skip it until you've seen the movie. Personally I don't consider this review spoilerish at all! "Remember Me is challenging in all the right ways." Razorblade, that's what I call love
I bet you pick it up and mess around with it. - "Razorblade" -- The Strokes
As I look through the six pages of hurriedly scribbled notes I took while watching Remember Me, I'm struck by the overall ambition and courage of the film. (
Kate: GAH How could you bear to take your eyes off the screen!) Massive themes are considered here: love and loss, the role parents should play, sibling support, fledgling relationships in college, the role of blunt trauma in the building of character. True, that's a lot of emotional weight, and the key for enjoyment here is to buy into the overarching sincerity of the film. By taking a risk, and actually being about something, Remember Me becomes vulnerable to those who would lash out against perceived melodrama in movies. But we've got to take back the streets on this one; we need writers and directors out there taking chances, we've got to get away from the paint-by-numbers industry that has become modern cinema.