Not Forgotten (2008)

15% of critics liked it
(13 reviews)
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Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) draws on the powers of La Santa Muerte to find his missing daughter, Toby. His life was perfect until his dark past returned with a vengeance. Now the thing that Jack loves most has been taken away. With the help of a sheriff and two FBI agents, Jack searches the seedy… More Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) draws on the powers of La Santa Muerte to find his missing daughter, Toby. His life was perfect until his dark past returned with a vengeance. Now the thing that Jack loves most has been taken away. With the help of a sheriff and two FBI agents, Jack searches the seedy underbelly of Mexico City for his daughter and discovers that there's no escape from the grip of La Santa Muerte. Paz Vega and Simon Baker star in a supernatural thriller directed by Basic co-producer Dror Soref. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By: Dror Soref
Written By: Tomas Romero, Dror Soref
Genres: Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Jan 17, 2009 Wide
On DVD: Nov 3, 2009
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Mike Hale, New York Times
Contains a plot full of twists that can be seen coming from some distance.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Not effective on any level.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
From the start, it's clear there's a riddle to solve...I'm just not sure you'll care about the solution.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
A movie that's more convoluted than satisfying.
Tim Grierson, Village Voice
Not Forgotten overcooks just about every ingredient in its narrative chile con queso.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...fizzles out...
Brent Simon, Shared Darkness
Paz Vega's thong-clad appearance from behind might be the highlight of this meandering, Tex-Mex, give-me-back-my-daughter thriller, which otherwise plays like a wayward cousin of Angel Heart and some juju potboiler.
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
A stylish, yet dull thriller that doesn't have enough faith in its audience's intelligence. It's ultimately forgettable with waning suspense and intrigue.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
Not Forgotten is weighted down by obvious creative choices that mar what might have played out like a telenovela episode of Twin Peaks.
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Casting its south-of-the-border setting as a dingy, nightmarish hellhole of hookers and red neon lights, Not Forgotten is a feature-length anti-tourism campaign for Mexico.
Wade Major, Boxoffice Magazine
It's a cliche-addled, nonsensical bit of piffle that would rightfully have vanished into the deepest recesses of the used-DVD dollar bin if not for the fortunate casting of television's Mentalist, Simon Baker.
Luke Y. Thompson, E! Online
Time for everyone to realize that when Simon Baker is the male lead in a horror movie, it will most likely be aggressively mediocre.
Geoff Berkshire, Metromix.com
The opposite of a good thriller, it gets less interesting with each scene.

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In "Not Forgotten," Amaya(Paz Vega) and Jack Bishop(Simon Baker), a banker, are parents of Toby(Chloe Moretz), from Jack's first marriage. As much as she dislikes playing soccer in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, she does so to please her father. One day during… More
In "Not Forgotten," Amaya(Paz Vega) and Jack Bishop(Simon Baker), a banker, are parents of Toby(Chloe Moretz), from Jack's first marriage. As much as she dislikes playing soccer in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, she does so to please her father. One day during practice, Toby disappears and the only clue that Casper(Michael DeLorenzo), Amaya's cousin and acting sheriff, can find is a sneaker on the river bank. "Not Forgotten" is a dull movie that depicts the Texas side of the border as idyllic while Mexico is nightmarish, punctuated by nonsensical flashes. And it would probably be offensive if it was interesting in any way which is strange considering all of the occult and bare flesh on display. And then there is also numerology which is brought up when Yogi Berra is mentioned followed by a flash of the number 8 but then we already knew the Yankees are evil.