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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinEgoyan, working from a script by first-time screenwriter Benjamin August, works hard to steer the premise away from crassness – and in Plummer, he’s blessed with a lead actor who can express Zev’s interior struggle with delicacy and dignified understatement.
- 70Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyA stripped-down drama built around a powerful and sometimes troubling performance by Christopher Plummer.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleThe thoughtfulness of Plummer's performance is not matched by a script that forgets human logic in favour of narrative tricksiness that ultimately undermines the initially intriguing premise.
- 58The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangThe pathos of this situation is clear, the stakes, which obviously involve genocide, justice and actual Nazis, are sky high and Plummer is completely extraordinary. So why on earth isn't Remember a better film?
- 38Slant MagazineSean NamSlant MagazineSean NamAtom Egoyan is only interested in using the Holocaust as fodder for carrot-dangling plot contrivances.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickChristopher Plummer confronts Nazi horrors again in Atom Egoyan’s preposterous thriller, which squanders a terrific performance by the Oscar-winning actor.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThere's little sense of personal investment from the director, but Egoyan does what he can to keep the story moving forward, without getting bogged down in its implausibilities, which are too many to count.
- 20The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThe inept script... makes for a perfect bedfellow with Egoyan’s flat TV movie direction and an overwrought score that sounds like a drunk impression of Bernard Herrmann.
- 16ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonWhile Plummer tries his damnedest to anchor Remember in the high drama to which it aspires, Egoyan’s latest is best forgotten.