Remember Me: movie review
Teen idol Robert Pattinson stars in 鈥楻emember Me鈥� as a wealthy New York student trying to find himself.
Robert Pattinson, left, Emilie de Ravin,center, and Pierce Brosnan are shown in a scene from 'Remember Me.'
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If he鈥檚 not playing a vampire, will Robert Pattinson鈥檚 fanatic followers be equally gaga for him? This is the momentous question posed by 鈥�Remember Me,鈥� where he plays Tyler, a rebellious New York University student and rich scion deliberately living the low-rent lifestyle.
The short answer to this question is, I believe, 鈥淚ndubitably.鈥� As teen, or tween idols go, Pattinson is unusual in that he is actually a good actor; it would be a pity if he was embraced only for his jaw line and bloodsucking acumen and not for the dramatic skills that are intermittently on view here.
Overwritten and overcooked, 鈥淩emember Me鈥� still manages a few explosive sequences between Pattinson and Pierce Brosnan, playing his CEO father. (Brosnan鈥檚 Brooklyn accent is a sometime thing.) But Pattinson is best in this movie when he鈥檚 not shouting and throwing things, as in some lovely quiet moments between Tyler and his precocious 11-year-old sister (Ruby Jerins) 鈥� there鈥檚 a J.D. Salinger quality to these scenes 鈥� and also in the intimate sequences with his star-crossed girlfriend (Emilie de Ravin).
Still and all, 鈥淩emember Me鈥� is not altogether worth remembering. Grade: B- (Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, and smoking.)
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