40
Rememory somehow managed to attract Peter Dinklage, Julia Ormond, and other established performers, and yet it completely lets them down.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
Village Voice by Craig D. Lindsey
Palansky had the good sense to let the performances elevate the material, never letting this turn into another cheesy, predictably twisty yarn.
50
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Despite a soulful turn by Dinklage and some thoughtful themes and emotions, the film, capped by an anti-climactic ending, never coheres into the gripping, mind-bending package that was clearly intended.
50
The final effect is akin to that of a Hallmark card inscribed by Christopher Nolan, and it’s that earnest self-importance of tone that finally makes this light sci-fi effort a bit of a trudge, despite Dinklage’s committed and empathetic performance.
75
Slant Magazine by Henry Stewart
The film successfully argues that it’s through sensory details that we access the deeper aspects of our lives.
30
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
A hodgepodge of pseudoscientific twaddle and variously shifty murder suspects, Rememory satisfies neither as science fiction nor as psychological drama.
60
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Despite its obviously strong philosophical and emotional interest in the nature of memory, the picture is most satisfying as a whodunit, observing Dinklage's deeply empathetic interviews with those who've been wounded, not helped, by a procedure that was meant to be therapeutic.
50
Dinklage is a terrific actor who’s always engaging to watch, and he elevates this screenplay’s plot holes and lame dialogue.
50
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
The limitations of Palansky and co-writer Mike Vukadinovich's shared vision are, realistically, the biggest problem with Rememory.