Remember Me is a melodrama created by director Allen Coulter, widely known for his cult TV series The Clan of Soprano and Rome. The film was released in March 2010 and immediately won the hearts of millions of viewers around the world. To understand what is the secret of such success, you need to familiarize yourself with the summary of Remember Me.
Main character
Tyler is a young guy from a wealthy family, a student. He is oppressed by the suicide of his older twenty-two-year-old brother and keeps a diary in which he often addresses him and leaves messages. Tyler’s parents divorced after the elder son’s suicide. It seems to him that he is not needed and not interesting to his parents. And, trying to fill his void that frightens him and drive away his longing, he behaves insolently and recklessly, he is always drunk. The guy demonstrates his behavior to his father's unwillingness to become the heir to his business empire. The closest people to Tyler are his younger sister Caroline and fellow Aidan.
Reviews indicate that the audience from the first minutes of the film are imbued with sympathy for the main character and sympathize with him.
Tyler and ally
Having gotten into a street fight, Tyler goes to jail. But for a long time he does not stay there - he is released on bail. Aidan learns that the daughter of the investigator who arrested Tyler is studying with him in college. Aidan invites a friend to pretend to be in love with her and have a short relationship to annoy her father. Tyler at first this idea seems unsuccessful, but after he really falls in love with this girl, whose name is Ellie. She reciprocates him. The couple practically does not part, the girl’s father is furious.
Ellie
Like Tyler, Ellie suffered the loss of a loved one. When the girl was eleven years old, her mother was killed in the subway before her eyes. Father - a police officer - takes Ally to Queens. After the murder of his wife, he is afraid of losing his daughter, so he vigilantly controls her every movement. Ally's father is very strict and at times tyrannical, but infinitely loving daughter.
Reviews from the audience indicate sympathy for the main character.
Conflict
Ellie leaves home, quarreling with her father, and settles with Tyler. Father is looking for her. He comes to Tyler’s apartment, where he finds his diary, in which, among other personal revelations, the guy described the circumstances that prompted him to begin a romantic relationship with Ellie. Tyler is forced to confess. Ellie leaves him.
In addition, Tyler quarrels with his father, being sure that he does not care about him or Caroline.
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Caroline is constantly offended by her classmates. The girl is painfully worried because of their ridicule and bullying. And then one day classmates cut half the hair on Caroline’s head. The girl is terribly upset. And this incident unites all members of the family who are trying to support Caroline. Ellie returns. He and Tyler are happy again, the past is forgotten.
Unexpected ending
Tyler finally decides to speak with his father. They agree on the time by which the son comes to the office of his father. But his father lingers - for the first time in a long time, he takes Caroline to school. Tyler notices the secretary about the features of this morning.
At the same time, Caroline is sitting in class in a lesson. On the board is the date - September 11, 2001, which went down in history as a terrible tragedy that claimed the lives of a considerable number of people - a terrorist act during which the famous twin towers in New York were destroyed by terrorist aircraft.
Tyler continues to wait for his father in the office. He stands at the window of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The people below run and look up. Among them were Tyler's father, mother, Ally, Caroline and Aidan.
The plot of the movie Remember Me (2010) ends with a scene in which father, mother, stepfather and Caroline come to Tyler’s grave. And Ellie gets into the subway, which she was afraid to go after killing her mother, and gets on the train.
Remember Me (2010): actors
The success of the film is largely determined by the successful selection of actors. The role of Tyler is played by Robert Pattinson - the star of the Twilight movie saga, a favorite of millions of girls. According to reviews of Remember Me, it can be concluded that Pattinson, as an actor, opens here from a new perspective, moving away from the role of a sad handsome man. Drama and persuasiveness appear in his play.
Australian actress Emily de Ravin, who played Ally in Remember Me, received mostly positive reviews about her game. The actress managed to create a bright memorable image on the screen. Before this film, de Ravin had already managed to become the star of the popular TV series Lost, in which she played Claire.
The fathers of the main characters are played by eminent actors: James Bond - Pierce Brosnan (Tyler's father) and a wonderful character actor Chris Cooper (Ally's father). According to reviews of Remember Me, one can judge that their game takes the film to a higher level.
Conclusion
The film quickly won audience love. Unlike the audience’s benevolent reviews of Remember Me, film critics left a lot of negative reviews about this film. But, despite some dissatisfaction of critics, the film has occupied a special niche among the most outstanding modern melodramas.