FORGET ME NOT movie poster | ©2020 Trinity Creative Partnership

FORGET ME NOT movie poster | ©2020 Trinity Creative Partnership

Rating: Not Rated
Stars: Tobias Menzies, Genevieve O’Reilly, Gemma Jones
Writer: Mark Underwood, story by Rebecca Long, Steve Spence, Mark Underwood
Directors: Alexander Holt & Lance Roehrig
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Release Date: May 9, 2016 (U.S. theatrical); December 17, 2020 (home video)

FORGET ME NOT, per IMDB, was actually made in 2010. This accounts for the youthful appearances of leads Tobias Menzies (THE CROWN, OUTLANDER, GAME OF THRONES) and Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma in the current run of STAR WARS projects).

Will Fletcher (Menzies) is a London musician, charming when playing folk-rock on his guitar in a London club, suicidally depressed when alone. Barmaid Eve Fisher (O’Reilly) likes his music. When Will leaves his guitar behind at the bar, Eve attempts to return it to him.

Eve is heading for a friend’s party. As the tube station is closed for the night, Will offers to walk Eve all the way to her destination. They wind up walking and talking through the night and into the day. Eve has an appointment to sort out the living arrangements of her beloved grandmother (Gemma Jones), who made need more specialized care than she’s currently receiving.

All of this makes FORGET ME NOT sound like a British riff on BEFORE SUNRISE, which also had a man and woman getting to know one another in a beautiful city (in that film, Paris). But it’s not.

Let us stipulate that directors Alexander Holt & Lance Roehrig make London look entirely gorgeous. If FORGET ME NOT doesn’t want to make you visit, you may be immune to visual enticements. We even get inside the Millennium Wheel.

Further, Menzies and O’Reilly give deeply-felt, sincere performances. Jones, as always, is marvelous.

However, the screenplay by Mark Underwood, from a story he crafted with fellow producers Rebecca Long and Steve Spence, develops problems as it proceeds. We get some enormous clues as to what’s going on with Will at the outset, yet FORGET ME NOT treats the information like the revelation in a murder mystery (this isn’t one).

Additionally, the kind of work Eve is training for is also handled as though it’s some kind of secret requiring careful handling, even though it’s entirely benign.

This might be less problematic if the relationship itself wasn’t so increasingly hard to believe. Will goes back and forth in his intentions so many times that we wonder if he’s meant to be bipolar or schizophrenic (he’s not).

Eve welcomes Will back easily after he’s horrendous to her. This might work if they were old friends, but they’ve just started talking a few hours ago. A few more incidents, and we wonder why Eve doesn’t extricate herself from this unstable new acquaintance.

Fans of Menzies, O’Reilly, and Jones will probably want to see FORGET ME NOT for their work here. Lovers of London may want to see the film for its fabulous shots of the city. It just is not a movie for those seeking a plausible cinematic romance.

Related: Movie Review:  THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE
Related: Movie Review:  ARCHENEMY
Related: Movie Review:  WANDER DARKLY
Related: Movie Review:  BLACK PUMPKIN
Related: Movie Review:  THE HONEYMOON PHASE
Related: Movie Review:  ANYTHING FOR JACKSON
Related: Movie Review:  BEAST MODE
Related: Movie Review:  ZAPPA
Related: Movie Review:  BOOKS OF BLOOD
Related: Movie Review:  THE GIANT
Related: Movie Review:  AMMONITE
Related: Movie Review:  JUNGLELAND
Related: Movie Review: A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD
Related: Movie Review: COME PLAY
Related: Movie Review: MORTAL
Related: Movie Review: THE CALL
Related: Movie Review: SYNCHRONIC
Related: Movie Review: TO YOUR LAST DEATH
Related: Movie Review: THE WITCHES
Related: Movie Review: LOVE AND MONSTERS
Related: Movie Review: DON’T LOOK BACK
Related: Movie Review: HOSTS
Related: Movie Review: ETERNAL BEAUTY
Related: Movie Review: DEATH OF ME
Related: Movie Review: POSSESSOR
Related: Movie Review: ANTEBELLUM
Related: Movie Review: SPIRAL
Related: Movie Review: RENT-A-PAL
Related: Movie Review: MULAN
Related: Movie Review: THE OWNERS
Related: Movie Review: THE FACELESS MAN
Related: Movie Review: WIDOW’S POINT
Related: Movie Review: Z
Related: Movie Review: EMPEROR
Related: Movie Review: BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
Related: Movie Review: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Related: Movie Review: ENTWINED
Related: Movie Review: TESLA
Related: Movie Review: RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE
Related: Movie Review: CUT THROAT CITY
Related: Movie Review: WATCH LIST
Related: Movie Review: MURDER IN THE WOODS
Related: 
Movie Review: THE BAY OF SILENCE
Related: Movie Review: THE SECRET GARDEN
Related: Movie Review: THE RENTAL
Related: Movie Review: LIMBO
Related: Movie Review: THE HOST
Related: Movie Review: THE FIGHT
Related: Movie Review: THE OLD GUARD
Related: Movie Review: AMULET
Related: Movie Review: A DEADLY LEGEND
Related: Movie Review: GHOSTS OF WAR
Related: Movie Review: RELIC
Related: Movie Review: THE BEACH HOUSE
Related: Movie Review: BELZEBUTH
Related: Movie Review: JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Related: Movie Review: FOUR KIDS AND IT
Related: Movie Review: FOLLOWED
Related: Movie Review: YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT
Related: Movie Review: MISS JUNETEENTH
Related: Movie Review: DRIVEN
Related: Movie Review: THE SURROGATE
Related: Movie Review: THE COLLINI CASE
Related: Movie Review: DREAMLAND
Related: Movie Review: SHIRLEY
Related: Movie Review: JUDY &  PUNCH
Related: Movie Review: END OF SENTENCE
Related: Movie Review: EQUAL STANDARD
Related: Movie Review: EVIL LITTLE THINGS
Related: Movie Review: VALLEY GIRL (2020)
Related: Movie Review: TROLLS WORLD TOUR
Related: Movie Review: SEA FEVER
Related: Movie Review: WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS
Related: Movie Review: VIVARIUM
Related: Movie Review: BLOODSHOT
Related: Movie Review: THE POSTCARD KILLINGS
Related: Movie Review: THE BANKER
Related: Movie Review: ONWARD
Related: Movie Review: RUN THIS TOWN
Related: Movie Review: ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
Related: Movie Review: THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020)
Related: Movie Review: FANTASY ISLAND
Related: Movie Review: COME TO DADDY
Related: Movie Review: THE LODGE
Related: Movie Review: THE GENTLEMEN
Related: Movie Review: THREE CHRISTS
Related: Movie Review: CLEMENCY
Related: Movie Review: LITTLE WOMEN
Related: Movie Review: 1917
Related: Movie Review: JUST MERCY
Related: Movie Review: BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)
Related: Movie Review: RICHARD JEWELL
Related: Movie Review: DANIEL ISN’T REAL
Related: Movie Review: LITTLE JOE
Related: Movie Review: KNIVES OUT
Related: Movie Review: QUEEN & SLIM
Related: Movie Review: FROZEN II

Follow us on Twitter at ASSIGNMENT X
Like us on Facebook at ASSIGNMENT X

Article Source: Assignment X
Article: Movie Review:  FORGET ME NOT

 


Related Posts:

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Leave a Comment

CAPTCHA Image
*
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com

Dr.5z5 Open Feed Directory

bottom round