Rememory

Rememory
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mark Palansky
Produced by Daniel Bekerman
Lee Clay
Written by Mark Palansky
Michael Vukadinovich
Starring Peter Dinklage
Julia Ormond
Anton Yelchin
Henry Ian Cusick
Gracyn Shinyei
Colin Lawrence
Music by Gregory Tripi
Cinematography Gregory Middleton
Edited by Jane MacRae
Tyler Nelson
Production
company
Great Point Media
First Point Entertainment
Scythia Films
Distributed by Lionsgate Premiere
Release date
Running time
 111 minutes[1]
Country United States
Canada
Language English
Box office $36,379[2]

Rememory is a 2017 American science fiction drama film directed by Mark Palansky and written by Mark Palansky and Michael Vukadinovich. The film stars Peter Dinklage, Julia Ormond, Anton Yelchin, Henry Ian Cusick, Gracyn Shinyei and Colin Lawrence. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2017. The film was released on Google Play on August 24, 2017, before being released in theaters and video on demand on September 8, 2017, by Lionsgate Premiere.

Plot

Sam Bloom (Peter Dinklage) and his brother are driving in the night when their car collides with another, causing his brother’s death.

After a year, scientific pioneer Gordon Dunn (Martin Donovan), who creates a technology that allows one to extract memories and watch them on an external device, mysteriously dies and Bloom sets about trying to solve the murder using this memory machine. As the investigation continues, a web of intrigue and deceit is uncovered.

Bloom learns that Dunn’s device has a technical fault which causes side-effects leading to recurring hallucinations on its users including him, and that most of the users have been quite upset with Dunn, directly blaming him for their mental deterioration. He also finds out that Dunn and his wife Carolyn (Julia Ormond) were separated after they lost their only daughter in an accident.

When Carolyn finds Dunn’s memory recordings, it is revealed that Dunn committed suicide after realising his invention had caused nothing but pain and misery in the lives of the users. He does so by attempting to erase his ongoing memories while still connected to the device. Meanwhile, Bloom re-watches his “accident memory” and finds out that the Dunns were in the other car and that their daughter was killed in the collision.

Bloom hands over his memory to Carolyn as a sort of confession apology, but she doesn’t watch it and instead throws into the sea with Dunn’s recordings as she watches her daughter playing on the water—a hallucination resulting from her own use of the memory device.

Cast

Production

On March 27, 2012, Catherine O'Hara and Peter Dinklage joined the cast of the film.[3] On February 10, 2016, Julia Ormond replaced O'Hara in the film.[4] Principal photography began on January 25, 2016, and ended on February 22, 2016.[5][6]

Release

The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2017.[7] The film was released on Google Play on August 24, 2017, before being released in theaters and video on demand on September 8, 2017, by Lionsgate Premiere.[8]

Reception

Despite negative reviews for the film itself, Peter Dinklage received praise for his performance as Sam Bloom.

Critical response

Rememory received generally negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 21%, based on 19 reviews, with an average of 4.7/10.[9]

Guy Lodge of Variety reviewed the film, saying, "A bit of a trudge, despite Dinklage's committed and empathetic performance."[10] Yasmin Kleinbart of The Young Folks and Scott Beggs of Nerdist both went on to say that "Dinklage deserves better than this film."[11][12] Meredith Borders of Birth.Movies.Death. shared similar sentiments, saying, "If it weren't for Dinklage's remarkable performance, the film would have very little to recommend it."[13]

John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter gave a more positive review, saying, "A good-looking mystery whose sci-fi elements take a back seat to meditations on guilt and deception."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 DeFore, John (January 27, 2017). "'Rememory': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rememory (2017)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ Brooks, Brian (March 27, 2012). "Catherine O'Hara And Peter Dinklage Board Mark Palansky's 'Rememory'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Patten, Dominic (February 10, 2016). "Julia Ormond To Star In Mark Palansky's 'Rememory'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gittins, Susan (January 28, 2016). "SHOOT: Mark Palansky's REMEMORY With Peter Dinklage Filming in Gastown Today". Hollywood North. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ SSN Insider Staff (February 26, 2016). "On the Set for 2/26/16: Dwayne Johnson & Zac Efron Start Shooting 'Baywatch', Peter Dinklage & Julia Ormond Wrap 'Rememory'". SSN Insider. TSS News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  7. ↑ Patten, Dominic (December 5, 2016). "Sundance 2017: Robert Redford, New Rashida Jones Netflix Series, 'Rebel In The Rye' & More On Premiere, Docu, Midnight & Kids Slates". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Collis, Clark (August 17, 2014). "Peter Dinklage is on the case in exclusive Rememory trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rememory (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lodge, Guy (January 28, 2017). "Sundance Film Review: 'Rememory'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ Kleinbart, Yasmin (January 28, 2017). "Sundance 2017 Review: Rememory". The Young Folks. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ Beggs, Scott (January 26, 2017). "Peter Dinklage Deserves Better Than REMEMORY (Sundance Review)". Nerdist. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ Borders, Meredith (January 25, 2017). "Sundance Film Review: 'Rememory'". Birth.Movies.Death. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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