MOVIE REVIEW - Remember Me

Robert Pattinson is back. This time not as the vampire from Twilight. But as Tyler in the new young love story, Remember me, new at the box office this week.

Remember Me is the story of Tyler (Pattinson) and Ally (Emilie de Ravin). Young college students living in New York City. Tyler is a young, troubled, rebellious young man, who has had a tough way to go. Tragedy in his family, and a horrible relationship with his estranged father (Pierce Brosnan). Tyler is angry. He meets Ally (de Ravin). She has almost the exact same history, and almost the same outlook on life. She has dad trouble too (Chris Cooper) They end up living together in a horrible apartment, rebelling against the parental machine all the way.

As the movie slowly trudges along, you start to wonder what is the point of all this. Why are we watching scene ofter scene of young tortured, tormented young lovers hating the world? Where is this heavier than steel movie really going? I was convinced it was going nowhere, other than the "it's us against the world" routine. Then just as you're about to give up on this, it reaches in and pulls a rabbit out of the hat.

It decides that enough is enough of the, tortured lover shtick . And Remember Me then stands up and becomes something it spent 90 minutes convincing you it wasn't going to be. No spoiler here, but the direction shift saves the day.......as much as it can. Remember Me, over time interestingly enough though will not be memorable.

If you like Pattinson in Twilight, you'll like him here. He's actually the same guy, just no fangs. de Ravin is a nice and fresh new face. But the star performance of this movie is Ruby Jerins as Caroline, Tyler's 11 year old gifted, and complicated sister. She is magnificent! She starts out as a small side role, and then morphs into a main character in this drama. She is a show, and heart stealer.

Remember Me is very targeted at young women especially... much like Twilight. Many outside of that group may have a hard time grabbing on and sticking with it. It can be boring a times, and seemingly the same scene gets played out time after time. It's very dark, cold and melancholy. For me, it much of this was too much like Twilight, and it seemed that its coat tails would be a fine ride. But in the end, there are a few separators. Namely a plot twist and a better cast.

Remember Me. If you want to spend the night watching tortured youth fighting against the established family machine, this could be your movie. Some will love this, others will be dozing off.