Robert Pattinson's first star vehicle following his success in The Twilight Saga: New Moon has been reviewed by Todd McCarthy in Variety. The review could at best be described as lukewarm. Calling Remember Me "a grave romantic drama with grandiose thematic intentions," McCarthy says the psychological drama "delivers some moving and affecting moments amid a preponderance of scenes of frequently annoying people behaving badly." On a more positive note, he adds that Remember Me will be helped by Pattinson's "young female fans" who will give "this doomed romance … a short but sweet B.O. life."
McCarthy then goes on to compare Robert Pattinson's character in Remember Me to those played by James Dean in the mid-50s dramas East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause. He also complains that Pattinson, despite being a "very watchable" screen presence is "also either incapable of or coy about letting anyone get inside what he's feeling." The supporting cast fares better, with Emilie de Ravin described as a cross "between Julie Christie and Samantha Morton."
Remember Me was directed by Allen Coulter from a screenplay by Will Fetters (with some rewriting done by Jenny Lumet). Also in the cast: Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, and Lena Olin.
Remember Me (Myles Aronowitz / Summit Entertainment)