I've been looking for a nice mystery movie to see and I came across Not Forgotten. After reading the many positive reviews here I decided that this is my movie! After watching it though, I was slightly disappointed. Maybe I just expect too much of a mystery, or maybe I have just seen way too many now and could figure out some of the things myself (not all though).
Throughout the movie I had the feeling that they had a much larger story to tell, but they just didn't have the time for it and so they just decided to tell as much as they can in 90 min, leaving a lot of things unexplained or undeveloped, at least for me. The story is interesting and has potential, but they way it was carried out was not so good in my opinion. I didn't really care for any of the characters. I thought they were presented quite...whats the word I am looking for..emotionless? I didn't feel that both Simon Baker and Paz Vega really cared for their characters. They are acceptable actors in general, but there was just something off here. I felt as if they just went through the script without putting too much in it. For some reason, this was very obvious to me during the movie. It just couldn't engage me.
As I mentioned before, they put way too many details that are left without explanation. OK, this really works for certain types of mysteries, but not really for this one. You just think "Why?". They would have been better off leaving some of them out. They constantly put new characters in and you wonder "Who are you? Why are you important?". Some events are also left completely unexplained. I don't want to give out any spoilers for the people who haven't seen it, but I will just say that I was not really impressed.
In general, it is a mystery with a good idea, but a mystery that tried to appear too original when in fact it really isn't. And trying so hard is what fails it.
It is definitely a movie I will soon Forget.
Throughout the movie I had the feeling that they had a much larger story to tell, but they just didn't have the time for it and so they just decided to tell as much as they can in 90 min, leaving a lot of things unexplained or undeveloped, at least for me. The story is interesting and has potential, but they way it was carried out was not so good in my opinion. I didn't really care for any of the characters. I thought they were presented quite...whats the word I am looking for..emotionless? I didn't feel that both Simon Baker and Paz Vega really cared for their characters. They are acceptable actors in general, but there was just something off here. I felt as if they just went through the script without putting too much in it. For some reason, this was very obvious to me during the movie. It just couldn't engage me.
As I mentioned before, they put way too many details that are left without explanation. OK, this really works for certain types of mysteries, but not really for this one. You just think "Why?". They would have been better off leaving some of them out. They constantly put new characters in and you wonder "Who are you? Why are you important?". Some events are also left completely unexplained. I don't want to give out any spoilers for the people who haven't seen it, but I will just say that I was not really impressed.
In general, it is a mystery with a good idea, but a mystery that tried to appear too original when in fact it really isn't. And trying so hard is what fails it.
It is definitely a movie I will soon Forget.