REMEMBER ME / Robert Pattinson: More Overseas Reviews
Considering how popular our "collections" of Remember Me reviews have been, we started looking for more. For now, we've found several from Australia and Brazil — plus one from a French site.
As usual, the Robert Pattinson-Emilie de Ravin romantic drama has divided the critics; sometimes the same critic praises and pans the film in the same review. See below. (And if anyone has access to English-language translations of Swedish, Russian, Belgian, etc., reviews of Remember Me, please let us know.
"Pattinson and de Ravin do a good job in making the relationship between the youngsters believable, and fans will be pleased to see passionate love scenes. Pattinson's Tyler is adequately brooding and deep. It's clear the camera loves him and he can hold a story. However if he wanted to avoid typecasting, he may have picked the wrong script as the role is not all that different from his dark and intense Edward Cullen." Karlie Jeffrey at Film Ink (Australia).
"Another strong point is the acting, except for one particular performance. … Robert Pattinson is expressionless, getting 'swallowed up' every time he must share the screen with some of the more experienced actors. Remember Me is one more movie of dubious taste to be found in the curriculum of the star of the moment." Darlano Didimo at Cinema com Rapadura (Brazil).
"Something unexpected happened around the half hour mark of the ho-hum romantic drama Remember Me. No, the film didn’t start to improve. Don’t be silly. Rather, I realised that leading man Robert Pattinson – or RPattz as his legions of adoring Twilight fans call him – was in the middle of doing something many critics said he wasn’t capable of. Yes, he was acting. And doing a pretty darn good job of it too." Cut Print Review (Australia).
"The closer the film gets to its finale, the slower and more predictable it gets. The final sequence is totally absurd and out of sync with the rest of the feature. The father who wants to get reacquainted with his children is a cliched recourse, while the fateful turn given Tyler's story is utterly cheap and lacking in purpose. It's the absurd result of a weak screenplay. … A wrap-up as sugary as possible would have been more dignified." Emilio Franco Jr at Cineplayers.com (Brazil)
"We'll begin by saying that any Twilight fans going to see this film are going to sit through the whole thing thinking 'It's Edward'. Unfortunately for Rob, playing the role of Edward Cullen in the insanely popular Twilight series, while it has no doubt been lucrative for him, will leave him typecast as Edward for the most of his acting career (Much like Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe's appearance in the indie flick December Boys)." Take40.com (Australia)
"It is rumored that there was much to fear from the film Remember Me, brought out by a young actor popular for all the wrong reasons and directed by someone used to television work. But that would be ignoring Allen Coulter's previous cinematic opus, the very successful Hollywoodland, which four years ago showed the director's ability to create a big-screen canvas. …
"… Robert Pattinson is a delightfully surprising revelation, quickly making us forget the insipid vampire that made him famous." Julie Decottignies at Excessif.com (France)
Photo: Remember Me (Myles Aronowitz / Summit Entertainment)
It was a very good movie and tastefully done. Rob and the rest of the cast were fantastic. Rob was very, very good in it to me. We are going to see it a second time today. it is a must see. A moving story. GO SEE IT!