Struggling against proving the truth, a smart woman, who grieves the death of her son, who has been told by her psychiatrist and husband that her son is never exist and she is hallucinating, the thing that challenges her.
It's the central casting of the remarkable Julianne Moore that gives the movie both a core and a heart, particularly when Di Pego's script starts making its way further and further out along the limb of credibility.
Perhaps wisely leaves more questions than it answers and for the most part manages to maintain its suspense.
Rue Morgue Magazine
March 23, 2005
The Forgotten, though not an outright bad movie, is yet another frustrating example of a Hollywood film that simply lacks the courage of its convictions.
eFilmCritic.com
February 13, 2008
Who wants to see -- or remember -- a wildly implausible thriller that's also grim and humorless?