Julianne Moore, Christopher Kovaleski, Matthew Pleszewicz

Told that their children never existed, a man and woman soon discover that there's a much bigger enemy at work.

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47% liked it

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31% liked it

166 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Joseph Ruben

Release Date: September 24, 2004

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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005

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  • January 29, 2009
    Its a shame but this movie just sucked. Dull performances and an undeveloped storyline.
  • June 19, 2008
    The part where people were sucked into the sky was particularly funny
  • May 12, 2008
    A grieving mother obsessively hangs on to the memory of her son who was killed in a plane crash, only to find all evidence of his existence being stripped away. The Forgotten is very reminiscent of an M. Night Shyamalan film in that it's very well made, nice to look at and is ini...( read more)tially very intriguing. There is some really nice direction and the central performance by Julianne Moore is strong, but also like a typical MNS film, the pay off at the end is lacking compared to the promise of the build up. It certainly passes the time likeably enough, but I think many will feel a little cheated by the rather half-hearted explanation for it all.
  • May 11, 2008
    A very twilight zonish plot with an interesting combination of twists and turns. Not bad not great.
  • February 9, 2008
    It was OK, just average because it didn't really bring anything new to the table.
  • November 11, 2009
    OMG what a amazing movie, it was put together so well. The acting and storyline was awesome. Will be one of my fav's forever.
  • November 2, 2009
    pero por que no explican de donde salen
  • October 28, 2009
    What a painful mess! A ridiculous film with awful dialogues and an utterly nonsensical plot that seems like a VERY BAD X-Files episode.
  • October 19, 2009
    Definitely NOT as good as the preview was
  • October 6, 2009
    good movie un tanto loca y confusa

Critic Reviews


September 24, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

'You know this is getting out of control,' someone says near the end of the film. No kidding. Scully and Mulder could have told us that. full review

September 24, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie begins with a premise: A mother remembers her lost son, and everyone she trusts tells her she only imagines she had a son. That's a great story idea. But it's all downhill from there. full review

September 24, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Maybe you'll kick yourself upon leaving the theater, but while the lights are down you're engaged and increasingly, pleasurably thunderstruck. full review

September 23, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Joseph Ruben's The Forgotten devolves from a puzzling psychological thriller into paranormal X-Files hogwash. full review

September 23, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The warped yardstick by which this year's stinkers will be measured. full review

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Comments


  • MorpheusOne
    May 5, 2008
    A SOLID movie with excellent acting & a first rate mysterious plot that kept me on the edge of my seat... Oddly underated, considering many of the negative reviews that this movie got. ...very strange ppl!!
  • Bannoona
    September 2, 2007
    I think it was a total waste of time...I didn't like the story. The only good thing that you get from this movie is that The mother-child bond is too stronge to be broken no matter how hard you try, If she is a good mom of course. the rest of the movie was crap..Total waste of time...The stars given are for Julian Moore because I thought her acting was good. The rest is just nonesense !!!!
    If I were an actress I would never want to be in such a movie, what a waste of time, effort & money !!!
  • 3lema3
    May 28, 2007
    You guys are nuts! i loved it from beginning to end.. even though i didnt really understand what was going on.. It was still super good!
  • foxygirl21591
    March 14, 2007
    crap crap crap. totally implausible. people were sucked into the air? i mean, come on. it was really bad...it was not explained at the end and didn't make much sense. do movies ever make sense any more?? i HATED it.
  • samhh55
    August 13, 2006
    the bad part was that it was Science Fiction, if it wasnt, like the goverment was doing all these and no one knew about it,unlike the NS well...it would have made it more intresting!

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  • Tagline: On September 24th everything you've experienced, everything you've known, never happened.  Answer »
  • ''I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.'' What movie?  Answer »
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