The shame is that Rosario Dawson gives an earnest, sympathetic, even moving performance as the victimized character. In contrast, none of her castmates seem authentic.
Unforgettable perhaps can be enjoyed if you enter the theater knowing that the bar is automatically set low. That is the only way this movie will have you entertained.
Unforgettable is this year's uninspired erotic thriller, trying to be sexy and mysterious but failing at both, and it continues the sexist stereotypes that plague these films.
Unforgettable simply fails to deliver in terms of atmosphere and, moreover, the filmmakers fail to develop any sort of subtext from the material that might give weight to the story.
Heigl works overtime to humanize the resentful mom-her face is like an old-fashioned cash register with the prices popping up-but she's more fun to watch as the story grows ugly and violent, and she unleashes the demon within.
