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Remember

R

2016

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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With help from a fellow Holocaust survivor (Martin Landau), a widower (Christopher Plummer) who struggles with memory loss embarks on a cross-country odyssey to find the former Nazi responsible for the deaths of their family members.

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Critics Consensus

Remember risks wandering into exploitative territory, but it's bolstered by some of Egoyan's best latter-day directing and a typically stellar performance from Christopher Plummer.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

11/08/2016

Once Remember begins to unfold, the astonishment of watching an elderly man, who is losing his memory minute-by-minute, become a one-man Nazi hunter is intoxicating.

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David Stratton

The Australian

05/13/2016

2.5/5

A strong supporting cast also does good work, and the film -- as is the case of all Egoyan's films -- is made with smooth professionalism. It's a pity that it increasingly strays into the direction of almost laughable improbability.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

05/12/2016

3/5

The performance by Plummer, now in his mid-80s, amounts to a masterclass on how to use one's actual physical limitations to advantage.

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

08/29/2021

B+

A film you won't soon forget.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

03/04/2021

4/5

The thrills come with the search, but Remember's main buzz comes from Plummer's heartfelt and assured performance as a man struggling to reconcile the past with the present.

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

02/26/2021

The ability of Nazi criminals to hide their past from "their families" does indeed take center stage, but in an almost entirely gimmicky, contrived manner.

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Calvin O

@Caltus Dec 20

Remember is a rushed and poorly articulated film set in World War II, lacking the execution of any promising scene. Its lack of patience leaves its characters underdeveloped and emotional moments shallow. The film speeds through critical events that leave no time to connect with it whatsoever. The ending, which is a cheap twist in itself, gives off a completely different message and therefore remains unsatisfactory. While the actors do their best, the uninspired script and shallow storytelling bring down the entire movie. In a genre full of great films, Remember is utterly forgettable. Shit!!!

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Luke W

May 4

A phenomenal, beautiful, horrifying film.

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Jack P

Apr 6

Brilliant screenplay. The ending left me without words.

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Amir S

Mar 25

A very beautiful film with an amazing plot twist. It's a film that left me speechless because of most of what the twist presents.

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Alain E

@AlainE 02/06/2025

Totally absorbing until the very end this is a story about guilt and revenge taking place in the setting of senile dementia. Christopher Plummer is the elderly widower on a mission orchestrated by another resident of his retirement facility. He gives a very credible performance of an old man trying to retain some control while he is losing his mental faculties. In my opinion the situations presented ring true.

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Wiebe B

11/17/2024

A well scripted and acted story. The end is very memorable.

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Synopsis

With help from a fellow Holocaust survivor (Martin Landau), a widower (Christopher Plummer) who struggles with memory loss embarks on a cross-country odyssey to find the former Nazi responsible for the deaths of their family members.

Director: Atom Egoyan
Producer: Robert Lantos, Ari Lantos
Screenwriter: Benjamin August
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Serendipity Point Films
Rating: R (Language|A Sequence of Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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