Remember Me

     Move over Keith and make some room for Tyler! Keith (2008) is my all time favorite Independent film.  However, that was before I watched Remember Me (2010). It is such a beautiful and amazing film. I love everything about it, the acting, the script, the music, everything.  Director Allen Coulter(The Sopranos, Kingpin), who is from New York and has lived there forever, really takes you into the heart of New York and gives you a glimpse of Tyler's life, a 20 something guy trying to find himself. Coulter's camera angles are fantastic, the way he chooses to set up scenes is amazing,  the way he lets the story unfold, everything about the directing is wonderful. 
      The script was written by Will Fetters, his first project to be made into a motion picture. What a great first! He felt strongly that this story needed to be told and found a great group of people that agreed with him.  The score is by Marcelo Zarvos, whom I know nothing about. The music is beautiful both the score and the soundtrack. It is so subtle but moving.  Everybody worked together so well to be accurate to the time, the attention to detail is amazing. Right down to the extras.
      The acting is so well done by everyone. Ruby Jerins (Shutter Island, Nurse Jackie), who played Caroline, Tyler's little sister, is so talented. Keep your eye on her. She is going places. Janine, played by Kate Burton (127 Hours, Max Payne), is also a wonderful character. I love the relationships between all of the various characters, they are so well developed therefore the relationships are very developed. Tyler's relationship with Caroline is so touching and Ruby can really hold her own with Rob. They play off each other so well. Janine and Tyler also have a very neat relationship.
     It is such an authentic, honest story dealing with how to live, how to overcome tragedy and grief. It is about maturing and learning how to bond with other people, really getting to know each other and letting someone in, so to speak, and learning to forgive.
     I will never forget the last fifteen minutes of the movie. Just when you think you know what the movie is about, where it is going and what they are trying to say - you are surprised. In only two scenes you see what it is really about. I don't want to spoil that though. It is all so well done!
      There are some movies that have such and impact on me that I am forever changed after watching them. This is one of them. As Michael says "Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch" This film has left a fingerprint on my life.