Remember
A24 | Release Date: March 11, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Mar 9, 2016
See Remember. You won't regret it — or forget it. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Mar 9, 2016
See Remember. You won't regret it — or forget it. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 19, 2015
Egoyan, working from a script by first-time screenwriter Benjamin August, works hard to steer the premise away from crassness – and in Plummer, he’s blessed with a lead actor who can express Zev’s interior struggle with delicacy and dignified understatement. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 29, 2016
The mystery, the great cast and the slow simmer of tension that Egoyan builds into Remember recommend it. The third act payoff won’t be to every taste. Egoyan is the Canadian Spike Lee in that regard. Read full review
75
Washington PostChristopher KompanekMar 17, 2016
This isn’t a paint-by-numbers revenge plot. When the payoff finally comes, it’s as satisfying as it is perplexing. Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMar 17, 2016
Egoyan ekes out an engaging and meaningful potboiler. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMar 10, 2016
The result is the kind of harrowing suspense that doesn’t come around very often, charged and informed by another powerful, galvanizing performance by the great Christopher Plummer. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 9, 2016
Egoyan will not be getting an Oscar nomination for this picture. But after a long creative slump, he may have found a new calling. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneySep 19, 2015
A stripped-down drama built around a powerful and sometimes troubling performance by Christopher Plummer. Read full review
67
The Film StageEd FranklApr 7, 2016
Many will find the film’s final twist hard to take, especially after an unnecessary coda, but Remember remains a thought-provoking revenge drama that questions the ethics of violence so many years later, when memory, let alone hatred and guilt, has long gone. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 19, 2015
The thoughtfulness of Plummer's performance is not matched by a script that forgets human logic in favour of narrative tricksiness that ultimately undermines the initially intriguing premise. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMar 18, 2016
The plot, as it unwinds, is increasingly eye-poppingly preposterous, but it holds you anyway, not only because of its outlandishness but because Plummer, against all odds, brings pathos and dignity to a role that doesn’t deserve him. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJessica KiangSep 19, 2015
The pathos of this situation is clear, the stakes, which obviously involve genocide, justice and actual Nazis, are sky high and Plummer is completely extraordinary. So why on earth isn't Remember a better film? Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 7, 2016
Even the world-class cast can’t save this one from teetering into the abyss. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 24, 2016
Despite all of the unlikely scenarios and dubious plot developments, Plummer shines. There are moments here when we understand why he took the role, and many more when we are glad he did. But not enough to make Remember a better movie all the way around. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMar 17, 2016
While its flaws are considerable, the Holocaust-themed thriller Remember benefits mightily from a quietly commanding Christopher Plummer performance that almost makes you forget the wonky plot logic. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernMar 16, 2016
A twisted helix of "Memento" and "Munich" without either of those film’s craft, depth, or thematic murkiness. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 11, 2016
Christopher Plummer puts on a master class in acting, and his director, Atom Egoyan, delivers one in audience manipulation in Remember. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 19, 2015
Crafted in utilitarian fashion by Egoyan, Remember does little to earn the poignancy of Plummer’s stricken performance. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAaron HillisMar 10, 2016
Though it dodders engagingly at its antihero's pace, Remember is not subtle. Read full review
38
New York PostLou LumenickMar 9, 2016
Christopher Plummer confronts Nazi horrors again in Atom Egoyan’s preposterous thriller, which squanders a terrific performance by the Oscar-winning actor. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSean NamMar 9, 2016
Atom Egoyan is only interested in using the Holocaust as fodder for carrot-dangling plot contrivances. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 19, 2015
There's little sense of personal investment from the director, but Egoyan does what he can to keep the story moving forward, without getting bogged down in its implausibilities, which are too many to count. Read full review
20
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 19, 2015
The inept script... makes for a perfect bedfellow with Egoyan’s flat TV movie direction and an overwrought score that sounds like a drunk impression of Bernard Herrmann. Read full review
16
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJan 14, 2016
While Plummer tries his damnedest to anchor Remember in the high drama to which it aspires, Egoyan’s latest is best forgotten. Read full review
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