Remember Me
If your hair looks like Gaul- divided into three parts with a high wind blowing from the East, you are Robert Pattinson the heartbeat of tweens, teens and young mothers who adored watching you in the Twilight series. So you put the vampire bit on hold and assume another persona as Tyler Hawkins, a rebellious young man in "Remember Me" who is enveloped in a dysfunctional family attempting normalcy after enduring the suicide of Tyler's older brother. You give a lot of energy to your role and your chaotic surroundings do a credible job of reflecting your utter confusion.
Playing opposite him is Emilie de Ravin as Ally Craig, first seen as a young girl waiting on the subway platform with her mother. She witnesses an atrocious event during this sequence and is removed from this horror by her father, police Sgt. Neil Craig (Chris Cooper) As a result of this experience he remains overly protective of her as she matures into a blonde, shapely, stunning looking NYU student. Viewers are slowly informed of this pair's twists of fate as they meet and react to the unpredictable changes life tosses at them.
Tyler resents his father, Charles Hawkins (Pierce Brosnan,) a cold, distant yet hugely successful lawyer who appears to be indifferent to Tyler, as well as to his young daughter, Caroline. She adores Tyler and worries about her father's apathy toward her. This situation infuriates Tyler, but deepens his affection for Caroline.
A serious argument over a boy between Ally and her father thrusts her into Tyler's life and serenity reigns for a while, until she discovers she was set up to meet Tyler by his goofy room mate Aiden (Tate Ellington.) A crisis with Caroline brings all of the players together and a rather bumpy, but effective resolution is established. At this point, the tension lessens and the audience begins to relax after all the scenes with Ally's outraged father, fist fights, physical abuse, anger, frustration and confusion subside. But the script has another incomprehensible incident in store. It feels like a blow to the solar plexus.
