"REMEMBER ME" (2010) (Robert Pattinson, Emilie De Ravin) (PG-13) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Heavy Heavy Extreme Heavy Heavy Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Heavy Moderate Moderate Minor Heavy Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Heavy Extreme Extreme Extreme Heavy QUICK TAKE: Drama: A rebellious young man romances the emotionally fragile daughter of the cop who humiliated him, only to fall in love with her. PLOT: Tyler Hawkins (ROBERT PATTINSON) is a rebellious college student still grieving the loss of his older brother, who committed suicide years earlier. The young man quarrels with his wealthy, Type A father, Charles (PIERCE BROSNAN); is fiercely protective of his mother, Diane (LENA OLIN) and shy, little sister Caroline (RUBY JERINS); and becomes smitten with Ally (EMILIE DE RAVIN), a classmate who also is still smarting from a tragedy that happened years earlier -- the murder of her mother right in front of her. The problem is Tyler has begun the relationship under false pretenses. After a night of drinking, he gets into an alley fight and ends up getting beaten and jailed by Ally's cop father, Neil (CHRIS COOPER). Tyler's roommate Aidan (TATE ELLINGTON) hatches the brilliant idea that Tyler will romance Ally and then dump her to get back at Neil. When Tyler indeed starts to have real feelings for the woman and realizes she has been through just as much as he has in his young life, the guilt starts to eat away at him. At the same time, tensions with his father continue to boil and troubles at school threaten to derail Caroline. Eventually, the boy has to grow to be a man and help heal the fractures all around him even as the city in which he lives blindly moves forward to a day that will change all of their lives. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Robert Pattinson has a gigantic following among teens and pre-teens, especially girls. So, yes, interest will be high. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For violence, sexual content, language and smoking. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: ROBERT PATTINSON plays a rebellious, young college student who at first romances a female classmate to get back at her cop father. But he comes to love her. He is still reeling from his brother's suicide years earlier, has issues with his father, is a chain smoker, frequent drinker, and is prone to fits of violent rage. EMILIE DE RAVIN plays an emotionally fragile young woman who witnessed the murder of her mother at a young age. She has a sometimes tense relationship with her father. She is a casual drinker, but does succumb to one night of binge drinking that causes her to vomit and pass out. TATE ELLINGTON plays Tyler's fun-loving roommate. Like many college students, he loves to party and often drinks to excess. CHRIS COOPER plays Ally's cop father, who is still grieving the loss of his wife a decade earlier and remains fiercely protective of his daughter as a result. He is said to drink on the sly and has an often frightening flash temper that often leads him to commit violent acts. PIERCE BROSNAN plays Tyler's mega-successful attorney father, who has thrown himself into his work in the years since his eldest son's suicide and the subsequent dissolution of his marriage. He and Tyler quarrel frequently and he remains distant from his daughter. He is a casual drinker. RUBY JERINS plays Tyler's sister and Charles' youngest child. She is a sensitive, but highly intelligent pre-teen girl with a gift for drawing. She is teased mercilessly at school, though, and is sad that her father isn't more a part of her life. LENA OLIN plays Tyler and Caroline's supportive mother, who has remarried in the years since her divorce from Charles. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this drama that has been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of at least 3 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Some sexually related dialogue is also present as is a sensual sex scene, while other sex is implied. Violence consists of one woman being murdered in front of her young daughter, while there's fighting and the striking of others. Some of this has fairly bloody result and might be unsettling and/or suspenseful to viewers. There is also a description of a suicide that took place years earlier. Bad attitudes are present throughout, as is some potentially imitative behavior, tense family material (including a parent being murdered) and various thematic elements. Drinking is present in various scenes, as is much smoking. The film's ending also ties in with the events of September 11, 2001, which may prove emotional and possibly even offensive to some whose emotions are still raw with regards to that day. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, the film begins and ends with the camera poised on the other side of a subway platform as the train goes whooshing by at high speed creating a distortion effect. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Tyler wakes up and swigs from a beer, then staggers around his New York apartment tipsy. Caroline tells Tyler that he smells like "Listerine and beer." Caroline and Tyler speak of a favorite aunt who has a problem with alcohol, remembering one Christmas in particular that turned into a "Yuletide homicide" as a result of the woman's drinking. Aidan and Tyler visit a bar where multiple customers are shown drinking. The bar itself features beer taps and is stocked with multiple bottles of spirits and wines. They meet two girls who ask them to order mojitos, a rum-based drink. Tyler makes mention of his late brother being "a drinker." Tyler asks Ally if she would like to "go for a beer." Tyler and Ally share beers. Tyler mentions to Ally that his roommate Aidan "got high," but we never see any drug activity and he could have just been joking. Aidan stumbles in on Tyler and Ally drunk with a whiskey bottle in his hand and a cape around his neck. Ally and Tyler agree to attend a college party with Aidan where Ally has too much to drink. Her binge drinking causes her to vomit and pass out. The next morning, she returns to her father's home, they quarrel, and she mentions that she smells alcohol on his breath, too. Tyler drinks beer at his birthday party with family. Beer bottles are clearly visible on the counter of Neil's kitchen. At a restaurant, Tyler has a glass of whiskey and Ally has a martini. They are joined by Charles who orders a bottle of wine. BLOOD/GORE There is a brief blood spray when Ally's mother is shot in the torso. A sheet that covers the woman's dead body has blood on it. Following an alley fight, Tyler's face is shown bloodied and bruised. His shirt also has considerable blood on it. The other four men in the fight also have varying degrees of facial injuries. One of them is shown with Tyler in a group lockup soon after, his face still bloodied. Tyler goes through much of the film's first third still sporting the facial injuries, including a black eye, from this altercation. Aidan stumbles in on Tyler and Ally drunk with a whiskey bottle in his hand and a cape around his neck. Ally violently vomits into a toilet after a night of drinking. Ally's father slaps her hard, drawing blood. She subsequently has a visible lip wound for several scenes afterwards. Tyler bears some wounds after a violent altercation with Ally's father. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Two thugs attack an 11-year-old Ally and her mother on a subway platform, with one of the thugs shooting and killing the mom as Ally helplessly watches. Tyler can barely stomach sitting across from his father at a breakfast meant to honor his late brother. Aidan chomps on pizza in his school's library. Tyler smokes in the lobby area of his dad's office, even though he knows it is not permitted. He then defiantly puts the cigarette out in a decorative bowl even after the receptionist has told him it is not an ashtray. After Tyler notices some of Caroline's classmates snickering at her and whispering, Caroline confesses to Tyler that the girls tease her for being shy and sensitive and call her a "freak of nature." To get back at Neil for arresting them, Tyler and Aidan conspire to have Tyler ask Neil's daughter Ally out on a date, romance her, possibly have sex with her, then leave her. One character playfully says to another, "You're so retarded." Neil rifles through his daughter's personal possessions, trying to ascertain where she might have gone overnight. He then reads her journal. Ally reacts angrily when she finds out about this, angering Neil by speaking ill of her late mother. Tyler briefly leaves Aidan to struggle with a set of weights that he can't lift off his chest. Tyler angrily storms out of his apartment, ordering Ally to stay out of his way and let him go so he can confront his father. Tyler barges in on his father conducting a business meeting , yelling and lecturing him about missing Caroline's art show. Caroline is dropped off at a birthday party attended by several of her classmates, who clearly don't like her. A couple of scenes later, she calls home crying as the girls have chopped a good portion of her hair off. Aidan vows to steal the bicycles of any girl who made fun of Caroline and chopped off her hair. FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed under "Violence," "Blood/Gore" and "Jump Scenes" may be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to younger viewers and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material. Two thugs attack an 11-year-old Ally and her mother on a subway platform, with one of the thugs shooting and killing the mom as Ally helplessly watches. Tyler involves himself in an alley fight that turns quite violent. Tyler arms himself with a baseball bat when he thinks someone has broken into his apartment. He tiptoes through the apartment and eventually comes across Neil in one of the bedrooms. Neil flies into a rage in Tyler's apartment and nearly strangles the younger man. We become scared for one character in the film's closing moments when it is revealed that this person is inside one of the Twin Towers on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. GUNS/WEAPONS Two armed thugs assault Ally and her mother on a subway platform. One of them uses his gun to shoot and kill the mom. In scenes involving Neil doing his job as a cop, holstered firearms are briefly but often visible Tyler arms himself with a baseball bat when he thinks someone has broken into his apartment. When he realizes it's Neil, he puts the bat down. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "What makes you think I f*cking give a sh*t?" "Sit the f*ck down now!" "Get a f*cking deadbolt," "Is that just poetic bullsh*t?" "Eat sh*t and die," "No sh*t?" "Oh sh*t," "You think I give a sh*t how late it is?" "You threw away the one person who gave a sh*t," "Raging sh*t-storm," "I'm a pr*ck," "They're just p*ssies," "I'd rather be sodomized with a toothbrush," "You should screw her brains out and steal her panties," "I want to put something into you," "Everything was because of these two a-holes," "I don't want to get back at this a-hole," "He exhibits assaholic behavior," "You're the assaholic," "Now I'm pissed!" "This piss-ant school," "Chicks love that freaky, poetic crap," "Fat bastards," "That scumbag," "Moron," "Dollface," "Did it suck?" "What the hell happened in the kitchen?" "Shut up," "You're so retarded," "They think I'm a freak of nature," "You're really weird" and "Abso-freaking-lutely." Tyler refuses to pass his dad a bowl of sugar at the breakfast table. A disheveled clown is shown sleeping in a subway car. In an alley, two guys walk in front of a car without looking. The car stops and a scuffle ensues. Tyler pays off a carnival attendant to win Ally a stuffed animal rather than earning it via the rules of the carnival basketball game. The carnival vendor has multiple arm tattoos. Tyler has a tattoo on his chest commemorating his late brother. Ally prefers to eat dessert first before anything else at dinner. Caroline walks on park benches barefoot. Ally and Tyler get into a playful water fight in Tyler's apartment. First, Tyler sprays Ally with a sink hose. She then dumps an entire pot of water on him. He then picks her up and carries her to the bathroom shower where they both squirt each other several times. Ally shoves an oversized piece of cake into her mouth, then talks with her mouth full. Aidan and Tyler live in a Lower Manhattan apartment without an adequate lock on the door. Aidan sports a tattoo on his right arm late in the film. JUMP SCENES Just when you think a subway assault has ended, a thug changes his mind and shoots Ally's mother, killing her. Neil slaps Ally hard and quite suddenly across the face to end an argument. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) Where appropriate, some very tense music occurs during the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) A club scene has some thrashing music, but no offensive lyrics are heard. PROFANITY At least 3 "f" words, 15 "s" words, 1 slang term using male genitals ("pr*ck"), 1 slang term using female genitals ("p*ssies"), 8 asses (7 used with "hole"), 2 craps, 2 damns, 2 hells and 1 use each of "For Christ sakes," "G-damn" and "Oh for God's sakes." SEX/NUDITY Aidan jokingly mentions to Tyler that he sold a toothbrush to the girl he left back in bed, implying a sleepover and a night of sex. Tyler exclaims he would rather be "sodomized with a toothbrush" than go out for his birthday. In trying to convince Tyler to romance Neil's daughter, Aidan implores him to "screw her brains out and steal her panties." Throughout the film, Ally wears at least three tank tops/blouses that show cleavage. One of these shirts keeps her bra straps exposed. In one scene, she is shown wearing a long zipper shirt, but no pants. In speaking to a much older school official, Aidan stumbles over his words and says, "I want to put something into you." Ally and Tyler make love in his apartment. The scene is very sensual. There's no nudity, just bare backs with the camera strategically positioned. There is quite a bit of thrusting, slow grinding, caressing, and kissing. Ally and Tyler kiss and hold each other afterwards with the bed sheets up to cover her breasts. The scene ends with an implied second round of sex. Aidan wishes he had a girlfriend for "regular sex." Aidan brags that he has "planted his flag on every continent," meaning he has had sex with a woman from every continent. He even confesses to having slept with an Eskimo woman. Tyler and Ally are shown soon after they have made love again. They are both naked in bed, but covered with sheets, and they kiss passionately. Aidan and Tyler attend a screening of "American Pie 2" in which we see the scene where Eugene Levy busts in on his son about to have sex with a girl. We see Ally's naked back and side as she lies in bed, having had implied sex with Tyler the night before. SMOKING Tyler is pretty much a chain smoker throughout the film. There are more than a dozen scenes in which he is prominently featured lighting up, including several in front of young Caroline. In one scene, Tyler smokes in the lobby area of his dad's office, even though he knows it is not permitted. He then defiantly puts the cigarette out in a decorative bowl even after the receptionist has told him it is not an ashtray. During one such scene, Ally expresses concern about this and Caroline answers, "Don't worry. I'm not that impressionable." Caroline tells Tyler that one of her next drawings will be titled: "My Brother and His Favorite Cigarette." Tyler rides in a cab in which the driver is shown smoking a cigarette. Ally relates to Tyler the first time she ever smoked. After he and Ally have a playful water fight, Tyler laments that a pack of cigarettes that had been in his pocket is now drenched. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Two thugs attack an 11-year-old Ally and her mother on a subway platform, with one of the thugs shooting and killing the mom as Ally helplessly watches. It is revealed that Charles and Diane's marriage fell apart following the suicide of their eldest son. Tyler, his mother, stepfather, young sister and estranged father gather on the anniversary of his older brother's suicide. They all have a tension-filled breakfast afterwards in which Tyler and his dad quarrel. Aidan calls Tyler's father for bail money after the alley fight, forcing Tyler to visit his dad's office the next day and begrudgingly thank him. The two have words, culminating in Tyler vowing to pay him back and yelling, "I don't need you to bail me out!" Tyler confesses to Ally that he was the one who found his dead brother, who had hung himself six years earlier. Neil slaps Ally hard and quite suddenly across the face to end an argument. Tyler and Ally share a dinner with Charles before Caroline's big art show. At first, the meal is tense. But they eventually unwind and have a pleasant time, only to have it interrupted by a business call for Charles who is summoned to the office. Tyler barges in on his father conducting a business meeting, yelling and lecturing him about missing Caroline's art show. The yelling gets so fierce that the two men have to be restrained before fisticuffs break out. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT The effects -- both negative and strangely positive -- a sudden tragedy can have on a family, whether it's suicide, homicide, or some other calamity. The futility of beginning and continuing a relationship under false pretenses. The dangers of smoking. Bullying at school. The events of September 11, 2001. VIOLENCE Two thugs first assault Ally and her mother on a train platform, stealing the older woman's purse. When she won't stop looking at one of the thugs, he shoots and kills her. Tyler falls hard off a ladder in his college's library while arguing with Aidan. He is not seriously injured, though. Tyler insinuates himself into an alley fight involving four guys and ends up wrestling one of the men to the ground, then viciously punching him multiple times. He ends up getting manhandled himself as Aidan tries to step in and break up the fisticuffs. During the fight, one of the girls Tyler and Aidan have just picked up at the bar is accidentally punched. When Tyler mouths off to Neil and grabs the cop's shoulder from behind as he is walking away from him, the sergeant grabs Tyler and slams him violently across the hood of his squad car. Tyler makes mentions of a story in mythology in which the son of one of the gods castrates his father with a sickle. Neil slaps Ally very hard across the face, sending her to the floor. An argument between Tyler and Charles becomes so heated that the two charge each other and several people step in to forcefully restrain the two. An argument between Tyler and Neil becomes so heated that the two men come to blows, with Neil roughing the younger man up pretty bad. He comes close to strangling Tyler, stopping himself before he kills him. After Tyler confesses his and Aidan's plan to seduce her, Ally smacks Tyler hard across the face. After witnessing a classmate of Caroline's make fun of her, Tyler loses it, spins the girl's desk around violently, throws her books, then takes a fire extinguisher and throws it through a windowed door. It is implied that one character dies in the terrorist attacks on New York City in September 2001. Reviewed March 8, 2010 / Posted March 12, 2010

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