14 DAY TRIAL // Robert Pattinson’s latest movie, the romantic drama “Remember Me,” a film about a typically forlorn and brooding 22-year-old man who feels the entire world is at odds with him, has just premiered. Aside from the fact that both Pattinson and alleged belle Kristen Stewart attended the New York premiere, the film is already getting rave reviews, with Clint Morris of What’s Playing saying it stands as proof that Pattinson is a great actor just waiting for the chance to show his true colors to the world.
The British star has repeatedly said in interviews that he’d wish the media would just back off for a while and let him do his thing, because he wasn’t in it for the fame, the money or the exposure. Nevertheless, the “Twilight” phenomenon is too big a thing to be controlled with a word or a plea and, because of if, pressure on the actor is immense. With “Remember Me,” which also stars Pierce Brosnan and Emilie de Ravin, Robert finally gets his chance to shine.
“Pattinson’s turn as the forlorn, love-struck and appreciably human Tyler in Remember Me is the role that’ll turn the young actor from a movie star to an ‘actor.’ Directed by Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland) and based on a script by Will Fetters, this highly-emotional journey is all meat. […] Here, you’ll witness not only fine performances, but be immersed in a story that not only captives, but touches, teaches and quite possibly, makes us a better person as a result. It really is, quite the package,” the reviewer says, arguing that even those who are convinced Pattinson wasn’t worth anything as an actor will find his performance in this film quite extraordinary.
“The romance at the center of the film, performed brilliantly and credibly by Pattinson and Lost star de Ravin, is one of the rawest, realest and most unforced couplings in recent years. It works brilliantly. There’s more fantastical about it at all – thus, you honestly believe they’re a true-blue couple. Just as credible is the relationship between Pattinson and on-screen father Pierce Brosnan – it plays far more valid than most on-screen father-and-son duos, with the former 007 giving an especially grounded but welcomingly more multifarious take on an armor-clad father, hell-bent on not exposing his real emotions,” the review further reads.
To make this even more interesting, “Remember Me” also comes with an ending that is as shocking as it’s unexpected, which means it doesn’t play out like your typical “boy meet girl, boy encounters resistance, boy gets to keep girl” film. “Remember Me” opens nationwide in US theaters on March 11, so keep an eye on this space for more details on how critics and the public react to it.