Unforgettable
Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 21, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
12
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable may have a generic title, and it may be a train wreck, but it’s a watchable train wreck throughout. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 20, 2017
Though this movie has its outrageous moments, Di Novi puts the female emotional journey up front and treats things respectfully. But every erotic thriller needs some crazy, and thank goodness for Heigl's full commitment to her character's insanity. Read full review
70
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganApr 20, 2017
It’s all glossily camped-up nonsense with an amusingly inappropriate title, but luridly – and ludicrously – entertaining nonetheless. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 20, 2017
At the helm for the first-time, and working from screenwriter Christina Hodson’s slick balancing act of aspirational romance and dark psychology, longtime producer Di Novi enlivens the generic mix with a tinge of camp and a sure grasp of mean-girl dynamics. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 20, 2017
Surprisingly tasty serving of delirious junk food. Read full review
65
TheWrapDave WhiteApr 20, 2017
Framed like a phantom in black shadow and silvery silhouette by legendary cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (“The Right Stuff”), Heigl slices through this silly little universe, consumed with her mission, bigger than all of it. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshApr 27, 2017
It's a uniquely feminine kind of villainy that's transfixed us since classical Hollywood, and Di Novi and Heigl understand it implicitly in order to execute it perfectly. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireApr 21, 2017
There’s trash, and then there’s good trash. Unforgettable falls into the latter category. Slick, glossy and radiating juicy villainy, it knows exactly what kind of movie it is and goes for it with giddy abandon. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartApr 20, 2017
For a bad movie, this one is an awful lot of fun. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeApr 20, 2017
Which brings us to the fatal flaw in Unforgettable: With its formulaic story and hackneyed dialogue, all there is to do in between moments of self-aware outrageousness is admire the decor, like an Anthropologie catalog punctuated with the occasional knife wound. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Julia CooperApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable presents a surprisingly conservative view of mental illness, one that would feel more at home in the pearl-clutching milieu of Leave it to Beaver rather than modern day SoCal. Read full review
50
IndieWireSteve GreeneApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable treats this central struggle over the heart of a family in the same way that a recent Ken Watanabe character does, by surveying the battlefield and coming to a simple, definitive conclusion: “Let them fight.” Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsStephen Whitty Apr 20, 2017
Unforgettable isn't. Read full review
50
Washington PostPat PaduaApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable borrows elements from film noir, Lifetime movies and slasher flicks and updates them for the Internet age. But this forgettable thriller will simply make you remember other, better films. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 20, 2017
It’s tawdry “Sleeping With the Enemy”-style fun while it lasts, boasting a better cast and splashier production values than the next closest Lifetime movie, while being so ridiculous at times that audiences can’t help but talk back to the screen. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 20, 2017
That Unforgettable is watchable, at least before it disintegrates into generic violence near the end, is due to the touches of wit in the directing, and to the two lead performances. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 20, 2017
If this hits, and it could, we could see a whole new chapter in Heigl’s struggling, diva-damaged big screen career. No more frothy, ill-conceived romances, just scary Joan Crawford/Barbara Stanwyck/Bette Davis/Theresa Russell minxes, black widows and back-stabbers. Why couldn’t she become the movie woman America loves to hate? Read full review
42
The PlaylistWill AshtonApr 20, 2017
It’s straightforward when it should be subversive and only owns up to its silliness when it’s too late. Read full review
40
EmpireJonathan PileApr 20, 2017
Scuppered by a lazy script that fails to effectively build tension, Unforgettable lives up to its name, but not for the right reasons. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerApr 20, 2017
Here, both the director (Denise Di Novi) and the writer (Christina Hodson) are women, yet that doesn’t translate into a reimagining of the tired formula. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 19, 2017
The film gets there eventually, but one wishes it weren’t so timid about embracing the inherent schlockiness of the genre. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughApr 27, 2017
It sounds like the movie itself: contrived, implausible, derivative, and — even though both the first-time director Denise Di Novi and screenwriter Christina Hodson are women — misogynistic. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable is a "How Not To" guide for romantic thrillers, passionless and without tension when it comes to the conflict at hand. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEric HendersonApr 20, 2017
The truly depressing thing about a thriller as undercoocked as Unforgettable is its failure to fly on dark fantasy. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 20, 2017
Unforgettable is definitely the wrong title for a movie you want to erase from your memory the second it ends. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 20, 2017
It’s just all too supremely silly to worry about in the least. Read full review
20
Time OutTomris LafflyApr 20, 2017
This one’s unforgettable indeed, just not for the right reasons. Read full review
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