To give this film only 1 or 2 stars is overly critical and not a fair rating. It's not an Oscar winner but it's entertaining and the two leading ladies give good performances. Worth a watch.
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lauradeebishop30 December 2019
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champetudo31 May 2020Rosario Dawson is the dumbest girl ever in this movie... Really
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Quinoa198421 April 2017A curious note first of all: this is the first movie directed by Denise Di Novi. She's been a producer for years - I thought I had seen her name somewhere before, and then it clicked when Tim Burton came to mind (she's produced many of his best films) - but now, only now, does she step behind the camera. Why for this? Did the original director walk away or the producers couldn't find someone? It's not strange to see that this is a directorial debut, but it is odd to see that this is made by an industry professional, nay a veteran, and that it's so... bland. Unforgettable rests in an uncomfortable area: not fun enough to be a trashy/campy movie like a No Good Deed or Obsessed (perhaps Idris Elba is the x-factor?), or even like a made-for-TV Lifetime stalker thriller like Stalked by my Doctor (imagine Eric Roberts in the Katherine Heigl role!), and it's not unique or interesting enough to be good.
Actually, that's not wholly fair: Rosario Dawson, as the new lover (and soon to be fiancé) of the ex-husband of the jilted Heigl character, is quite good. It's hard for her to be anything else, and she takes a movie as middling as this as seriously as she would Sin City or Danny Boyle's Trance or whatever the case. She's here to work, while an actress like Heigl is here to be in her one quiet-but- crazy-B-word modus operondi, and Cheryl Ladd (yep, ex Charlies Angels Cheryl Ladd) is more apt for a Lifetime movie, albeit her profile is just right for this character of Heigl's mother.
We've seen this all before, even if we think the divorced angle makes it a little different (only barely, maybe), and as it involves people of mega privilege it feels distanced from a lot of our lives so the emotional immediacy will only be there for those who really stretch to feel it. It's a telegraphed story put upon a movie that somehow has the even stranger luck, speaking of people behind the camera, of being shot by Caleb Deschanel(!) Perhaps if you have less than zero things to do (or are a master at procrastination) and this pops up on a Sunday afternoon on TV it's passable. But in a theater? Well, let's just say you'll be 80% of the time dulled, maybe 19% of the time entertained in that trashy-campy way (which is not a great ratio)... and then the last 1% is a complete WTF last scene ending that made me curse the screen I was gazing. -
idnakb12 August 2017I need to write this review quickly before I forget that I even watched this. Was the title supposed to be a paradox?
They must not have spent very much money on this film because it shows. It had the potential as a plot but failed in execution. It seems that this film wants to be Gone Girl, but you have to actually be able or want to write a script for that to have happened.
Rosario's character is too weak and needs more lines.
Heigl's character (I don't remember the name in the film and I'm not putting effort into remembering) is overly developed. Julia (played by Rosario) is unfortunately not balanced against this development; this leaves the viewer feeling too frustrated to root for her. As the viewer, I feel manipulated into wanting her to finally stand up to Heigl's character.
This script is too formulaic and insulting to the viewer. For Lifetime, yes this is fair quality but unacceptable for a WB production in 2017.
1 star and this is for the styling team that maintained Rosario's wavy hairstyle.
The film does try to explain why Heigl's character is the way she is, but this is also as hackneyed as Rosario being a weak abuse victim. Give me something throughout the rising action so that I am not left underwhelmed by the climax. Speaking of climax, the sex screen was dry. I like math so I am all for a formula if it works but this 1+1=2 is not as exciting as something like a system of equations with nuanced and dynamic characters vs. these very stale and static ones. Why is the ex husband so dumb? Is it because he is that self-absorbed that he couldn't put together that his ex is crazy and capable of madness? These characters were written so poorly that I really didn't care about anyone. So if the goal of this film was an exercise in apathy, then well done! -
Kazombie24 April 2017This is Fatal Attraction x 10. We have all seen this before. Begrudging and resentful ex/wife etc. cannot accept that her man has moved on. Playing the innocent victim while framing the new woman who has come in to his ex husband's life.
While this film is clearly a 6/10 at the most, I rated it a 7 due to the negativity revolving around it.
The movie is by no means a masterpiece or anything new that we have not seen before, yet it is a decent drama which kept me entertained.
Dawson and Heigl work well in their respective roles. Decent acting paired with average direction and obvious plot holes, Unforgettable should be watched at home as it is clearly note worth the ticket price at the cinema. Personally, I enjoyed it. -
estherde19 April 2017I am not sure what a movie like this is doing in a theater and not on the Lifetime channel. It's predictable, stupid, and boring. I kept looking at my watch, hoping it was over soon. Once you have seen a terrific movie like "Fatal Attraction", a poor man's version of crazy other woman just won't do. And why is it that a terrific actress like Rosario Dawson seems to get stuck in poor flicks like this. She deserves better. Katherine Heigl, not so much.
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qth-267405 January 2020Ignore the bad reviews, they must have been watching something else.
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rs40340421 April 2017The idea of recovering from a broken relationship is one that could make a very heavy emotional movie. The deep feelings we have for one another when in love and the discovery that your partner no longer shares those feelings is lot to bear. But why explore such issues when you can just make another psycho ex movie.
They must make at least one or two of these every year. However, such films are not being made because they portray deep themes that resonate with the audience. They're being made because they're cheap and pretty much guarantee a return on investment for multi- million (sometimes billion) dollar movie studios.
With the exception of Rosario Dawson, who gives her role a better performance than it deserves, no one in this movie even attempts to do anything compelling with this material. Katherine Heigl's character seems copied and pasted from her role in Home Sweet Hell (2015). Although that cinematic experience was also a suckfest, at least it tried to be something unique. In that film's world, her role as the stuck up housewife who's willing to do anything (including murder) worked (within the established parameters). Here, she plays the same role but in a more grounded universe where you have to seriously wonder who could possibly marry such an abysmal characterization of a human being.
I could criticize the movie's pacing if it had any. Each act feels prolonged far longer than it should be with Heigl repeatedly messing with Dawson as we wait for Dawson to figure out that her fiance's ex is truly, unbelievably, Simon Legree evil. When we finally get to the third act rather than following a natural progression the movie is dragged there kicking and screaming as it allows characters to discover things not because it makes sense but because even the filmmakers finally recognized that this thing must end.
What might be worst of all is that this movie concludes with a bit of clear sequel baiting. At that point, all I could think was "sure, why not". Let's get Unforgettable 2. Hell, let's build an Unforgettable Cinematic Universe with spin-offs and team ups. In that way I hope that I can leave this particular movie's universe and be sure to never come back.
In short, if you need some painful dental work done that would be a much more entertaining expenditure of your time and money. -
davispittman23 April 2017I know everyone is saying this movie sucks and giving it horrible reviews advising people not to go see it, but I for one thought it was pretty enjoyable. Unforgettable stars Katharine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Geoff Stults, and Cheryl Ladd. It is a pretty tense movie, sort of like a mothers boys type movie. I'll first say that Katherine Heigl was a great villain in the film, I think she was the perfect casting choice for the role of the possessive ex-wife Tessa. There are some people saying that she did a bad job in the movie, but those people are dead wrong, i think she needs to play villains more often going forward. Sure she's always great in a romantic comedy, which is her typical niche, but I think she may have found a new kind of role for herself with this movie. Rosario Dawson is good in the movie too, very sweet and kind character who is being terrorized by the crazy former wife and mother of her new stepdaughter. I thought Geoff was pretty good here too, I like him in grace and Frankie and I liked him here too. Dawson and Stults have really good romantic chemistry. The thriller aspect did have its predictability sometimes but overall it kept me interested and there wasn't a single moment where I was bored or wanted to leave. It's not a fantastic movie and it won't win any big awards, but I enjoyed it as an entertaining thriller and I think you will too. 7/10.
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Spare yourself from wasting an hour and forty minutes on this miserable poorly acted snorefest. This is a story that we've seen many times before. You know the one about the couple in love who are ready to take the next step in their relationship when suddenly the psychotic ex comes to make things troublesome for them? We've been there before. It isn't new ground, nor is it a unique story anymore. This story takes no effort to make it's self unique from those other films that focused on this very same plot. Had it been different than the others in some way, it would have been better. Furthermore, Unforgettable mostly felt like an evening Lifetime movie and most of the scenes were dreadfully boring and uneventful. It doesn't even begin to entertain until the last 20 minutes. The saving grace is that it stars not one but two beautiful leading ladies: Rosario Dawson (Marvel/Netflix's DareDevil and Luke Cage, Sin City), who was actually the reason I decided to watch this film in the first place, and Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up, Life as We Know It). The tension between Dawson and Heigl at times felt forced and awkward but both did a great job overall. Heigl in her role as the psychotic Barbie- type really made us believe that she was truly unhinged. The way she menacingly glares at Dawson in her scenes. The way you could actually see when her blood begins to boil...she played the role well. The problem is that even though Heigl and Dawson led the film, they were bound by the limitations of bad writing, bad directing, and bad production and no amount of talent from either Heigl nor Dawson could save this film from it's own failures.
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Honestly, people are making out this movie is the worst - It's not at all! I gave this a watch the other night & it was a good keep you on the edge of your seat movie. Yeah, ok, the movie has been done 100 times before but the storyline differed to the usual crazy ex wife still Inlove with her ex husband scenario. There's a lot more hidden & psychologial depth to it. Katherine Heigl played the ex wife brilliantly, she seriously gave me the creeps. A total psychotic, delusional, OCD lunatic! At times I just wanted her to be caught out, I couldn't watch at what her next malicious & deceitful move against Rosario Dawson was going to be! Actors gave 100% throughout - I really don't get why people just can't enjoy a movie that's not so original. I mean, what movies are original these days anyway? 9/10 they've all been done before or they're remakes! Give this movie a go if you like thrillers/dramas. If you have an open mind, then you won't be disappointed!
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kamalbeeee16 October 2019About a physco ex-wife who appears into her hisband's and his fiancee's life...i had seen other reviews..it seems soo bad..but i can bet its worth watchable apartvfrom bad reviews...
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Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki11 May 2017Obvious melodrama about a woman being harassed by her fiance's sociopathic ex-wife, and her own violent ex- boyfriend. Sleazy, depressing, and is pointlessly told through flashback (from six hyperbolic months earlier) for three quarters of its lazy story, before jumping ahead another six hyperbolic months for the ending.
Heigl is chilling in this, but everyone and everything else is laughable.
It was also a bit unclear when this story is taking place, as characters still have landline phones (along with cell phones) and still have the newspaper delivered to their front door.
The final " Oh, here we go again " end scene, with the grandmother, made me shout, " Oh, f*** off! " at the screen. -
This was not an actual Lifetime film though I'm sure they will show it at some point. So I thought I'd love seeing Katherine Heigl play a villain since she hasn't stopped playing Izzy from Grey's Anatomy in years. She is literally the exact same character in all of her films. I thought her performance was pretty decent but sadly the part was poorly written like the rest of the movie. Nevermind that I predicted just by watching the trailer Katherine's character was going to die in the end most likely at the hands of Rosario but where is the mystery in between? There was no suspense, every move was predictable right down to the end and the end cat fight sucked. The leading male who is cast basically to play the clueless moron that these cats are fighting over had no chemistry with Rosario Dawson's character. At one point there's the most forced and awkward "sex" scene between the two. They both looked uncomfortable before, during, and after the "sex". Mostly the film was boring and the pace was ridiculously slow the whole time. My last complaint is casting Rosario Dawson to play the bambi eyed damsel. If you cast her as a tough gun toting bitch (Sin City) or a ball busting boss lady(Unstoppable) I believe that but she's too "hard" for this role not soft as needed. Same thing happened casting Kristen Stewart as Bella but I digress. If it's that they wanted a woman of color do Kerry Washington or better yet Hallie B. They both do the shaken damsel in distress beautifully. Not the worst film in the psycho obsessed "fatal attraction" genre but certainly not the best. Pretty forgettable though ironically enough.
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disneydts15 February 2018It was a thrilling movie and I loved it...I don't know why most of the people don't like this movie
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blackirishfox7 July 2018Give yourselves the time back, go out, smell the roses but for the love of crap do not watch this film.
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Special-K8826 March 2022Somewhere in Northern California--not that the setting is essential to the plot--vulnerable, lucky in love Dawson tangles with uppity ice queen and barracuda Heigl, her current beau's ex-wife and the mother of his child. While the actors do seem invested, this nominal, self-serious thriller is just another played out Fatal Attraction scenario with a twist, but it unwisely chooses to give the game away early on thereby undermining any real sense of suspense, and also has a finale that's far from convincing; Unremarkable may have been a more fitting title. **
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dave-mcclain22 April 2017What must it be like to be the least known of three main actors in a movie? Ask Geoff Stults. He stars alongside Rosario Dawson and Katherine Heigl in the drama thriller "Unforgettable" (R, 1:40). Heigl is an Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee who is known mainly for her TV roles ("Roswell", "Grey's Anatomy", "State of Affairs", "Doubt"), but has starred in such noteworthy movies as "Bride of Chucky", "The Ringer", "Knocked Up", "The Ugly Truth" and "The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature". Rosario Dawson has played major roles in "Men in Black II", "Sin City", "Clerks II", "Seven Pounds", "Top Five" and "The LEGO Batman Movie". Geoff Stults has done several TV series ("7th Heaven", "Ben and Kate", "Enlisted", "The Odd Couple", etc.), but is only known to movie audiences for small roles in "Wedding Crashers", "She's Out of My League", "The Opposite Sex" and a few others – until 2017. "Unforgettable" is his most significant big screen role to date and I'm happy for him. You see, I know Geoff Stults. I briefly worked with him and the main "Enlisted" cast as that FOX series was being developed. When I saw that he was set to star alongside the likes of Rosario Dawson and Katherine Heigl, I was hoping that I'd be able to give the movie a positive review. I'm thankful to say that I can – and Stults is a big reason why.
David Connover (Stults) is stuck in the middle with them – his ex-wife, Tessa (Heigl), and his fiancée, Julia (Dawson) – and these two women are playing an emotional tug-of-war over him – and his sweet young daughter, Lily (Isabella Kai Rice). Tessa is a beautiful vision of grooming and fashion perfection and she knows how to seem perfect in every other way as well. But underneath it all lies an icy demeanor that leads her to treat her daughter harshly and makes it difficult for her to see another woman take her place as wife and mother. Julia is also beautiful – inside and out – but she's also nervous, as she moves from San Francisco to southern California, preparing to marry David and become Lilly's stepmother. Now, all four of these characters live "together" in a small town where they see each other often, know each other's business and aren't shy about becoming involved in each other's lives especially Tessa.
Tessa and Julia are both emotionally damaged, but while Julia is fighting to break free from her past, Tessa has allowed hers to consume her. Julia had been violently abused by a former lover named Michael (Simon Kassianides), but moving in with David is giving her a real chance to reboot her life, just as her restraining order against Michael is expiring. But Julia has not told David about that part of her past, instead focusing on doing right by David and Lilly in the present (although Lilly is slow to warm up to Julia). Tessa is the personification of the old apple-tree metaphor, when it comes to her mother (Cheryl Ladd), and has become warped to such an extent that she slyly works to undermine David's relationships with Lilly and with Julia. When Tessa steals Julia's iPhone and finds a way to break into it, the plot becomes a case study in identity theft and the hell that can be unleashed by a woman scorned.
"Unforgettable" is a fairly predictable, but well-crafted dramatic thriller. It's fun in the way that a roller coaster ride is fun. There's a slow but steady increase in tension and anticipation as you move forward. Even if you haven't been on this particular ride before, you have a pretty good idea of what awaits you, but the journey to get there and the thrills that you experience can still be pretty enjoyable. This movie's writers, Christina Hodson ("Shut In") and David Johnson ("The Orphan", "The Conjuring 2"), give us characters and situations which are believable and effectively build towards a dramatic resolution. The script, along with the solid work of Denise Di Novi, the long-time producer ("Edward Scissorhands", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "A Walk to Remember", "Crazy, Stupid, Love"., "Danny Collins") and first-time feature director, give us a movie which feels like a throwback to the crazy jilted lover movies of the 90s (such as "Fatal Attraction"), but adapts the format well to the modern world. The movie is well-cast and the actors are very strong, especially Dawson and Stults, who have good chemistry, feel authentic and command the screen (and Heigl makes a heck of a villain). "Unforgettable" may not quite live up to its title, but it still manages to be an engaging and entertaining genre movie that should help lift the careers of relative feature film newcomers Rice, Kassianides and Stults to even greater heights. "B+" -
Katherine Heigl have been one of my guilty pleasures ever since I saw her on "My Father the hero", hence she is basically the reason why I decided to give this movie a chance, after all she did performed well on other similar roles (home sweet hell) so hopes were high.
Unfortunately this movie fells down on so many clichés that just simply watching it gets painful. I am not the kind of spectator that keeps track of the movie mistakes but this movie makes it humanly impossible not to do so.
Summarizing, this movie is exactly the opposite....completely forgettable. -
rudypen121623 April 2017I thought the acting was great including Katherine Heigl. The only other movie I ever saw her was Bride of Chucky, which I thought she did great in too. I never saw any other movies of hers, although I know a lot of people don't think she's a good actress. This movie is nothing original, but I like it just the way it is. Enjoyable edge of the seat thriller for me. Don't always pay attention to the ratings on IMDb. Sometimes it's better to just see it for yourself.
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fancy-6215611 August 2017This movie belongs on lifetime, not a theater. I would demand my money back if I saw it in a theater. Rosario Dawson does NOT belong in the damsel in distress role EVER. Poorly written and cast. There was zero consistency in character development other than Katherine H's role. This movie was entirely predictable and the fatal scene at the end was ridiculously laughable comparable to a Shakespearean parody.
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charlotte-simms-495175 January 2020I really enjoyed this. Good acting. There are a few films similar to this about but its just as good. Has some strong violence in it.
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I was aware going into 'Unforgettable' that it had received some negative feedback, but I had no idea for what reason. I always try my best to avoid reviews or opinions of any sort for a film before I watch it. 99 times out of 100 when a film has a very bad reputation I will concur and also find myself not enjoying it. For some reason though 'Unforgettable' is that 1 in 100 where that isn't the case. That's not to say I loved the film, but I certainly didn't hate it.
If I had to guess the reasons critics are giving for not liking it (I still haven't read any reviews before I write my own) I would guess a lack of originality and some unlikely character choices would be right up the top of the list. The originality is true, we've all seen this type of story done a thousand times now. The difference is that it is actually done with some quality behind it on this occasion. As for the poor writing concerning the character decisions, that would also be my biggest gripe. As I've said before though, it is very hard to have any sort of a film without these pieces of writing. There is a reason things like this almost never happen in real life and that is because when people behave normally and like they should things like this don't happen.
One of the main things I liked about the film was Rosario Dawson in the lead role. To be the victim in a film like this it is imperative that you are likable, and Dawson has that quality in spades. This ensured I liked her character, sympathised with her character and cared about the fate of her character. All very important factors. I also liked the pacing of the film. It never fell flat at any stage and never seemed to drag. The story had a good arc and flowed naturally.
To enjoy any type of film with a story line that has been done this many times over has to be considered a triumph. I would suggest not listening to the majority of critics on this one, give it a watch and form your own opinion. You might just be pleasantly surprised. -
dcarsonhagy25 July 2017"Unforgettable" is yet another entry into the "mad, obsessed, ex- wife genre." There is nothing original here.
Ex-wife Katherine Heigl still believes (in her warped little head) that she and ex-hubby will eventually get back together--even if it is over the dead body of husband's latest squeeze, played by Rosario Dawson. Yawn. Dawson's telephone is stolen (right out from under her nose), and Heigl begins her dastardly plans to eliminate her competition.
The movie could have been so much better had the director and producer removed their heads from a certain portion of their anatomy and gone at things from a different angle. We are introduced early on to Heigl's just-as-crazy mother. Had the movie moved on THAT angle, it just might have worked. Why not let the audience think it was the ex-wife orchestrating everything...only to find out it was the mother!
Rated "R" for language, sexual situations, and violence. -
kristjanmesipuu15 March 2022Probably the only funny thing was psycho barbie. Everything else was just unbelievably poorly acted, predictable and unfortunately not at all entertaining. I'm not too sure why i even watched it till the end.....