Remember [DVD + Digital]

The shipping: First I should say I bought it here used through HPB-Movies and it took a month to get to me. We all wrote it off as 'missing' because they used DHL shipping (the worst) who along the way hands it off to the USPS (a little better)...Absolutely NO tracking information was given to me, HPB says them either, well maybe...but it did eventually arrive & in decent condition for a decent cost. Still think I'll avoid HPB-Movies, at least for awhile.The movie: I don't want to repeat what's already said. What I can add is that I'm new to Egoyan's movies & have been 1 @ a time buying/watching them, seen 12 of his 16 films with 2 more on my counter (& have seen a few shorts (surprisingly good)). First I searched for & reranked all the ranking lists I could find online (4 or 5), then combined them (wanted to start with those considered his/their best). Consistently people tend to rank Remember in the last 1/4 of his works so I didn't expect much. We were pleasantly surprised at the story quality through & to the end. Very glad we bought it. There are a few things here & there in the movie that are a stretch for the imagination (but not so ridiculous), and an unrealistic insult of State law enforcement. (To tell you the truth at one short time in my life I had neo-nazi neighbors who I'd hang out with a little once in a while to be on their slightly better side (no I never bought into their so-called logic no matter how much they tried to convince me, yes I do try to see the good & the bad in anyone & everyone), but when I was watching this movie, in particular when we meet the neo-nazi, I was pretty shocked & floored at the realism of this person's attitude, intensity, & lifestyle. I had to pause the movie; it brought back shocking kinda painful memories of the insane behavior of some of them that I had forgotten. This person is a little over the top, but not by much. Truth. Also though, over the years I've worked very closely with a lot of police officers outside of their work environment, all branches city, county, state, federal...I have to say I've met up close the whole range of personal integrity with these men & women. My experience is that they are no less logical, no less integrious, no less kind than any other profession I work with (lawyers, medical staff, librarians, grocery store employees, etc). For me experience has also been that State law enforcement agencies seem to make integrity & social skills a higher priority in personnel placement, so seeing this State officer's integrity portrayed so badly didn't stand to my experience & did hurt a little to see. (no I have never worked in law enforcement). Now I've met a few unruly city & federal officers here & there, each a little wild in their own way. (Now my apologies for the long side-track)Anyway, if the price is good get it. We plan to watch it again, maybe a few times.

We've all seen the nazi hunter movies featuring the brave young Mossad teams. And in all these movies, it's clear who the hunters are and who the hunted nazi is. But Remember does nazi hunting differently, and I really liked it.In Remember, the nazi hunter is elderly, with all the frailty and memory decline that goes with it. But with all the time in the world to plan the hunt, with nothing to lose for doing it, and with all the vengance of being an actual victim of the nazi so many years ago. You watch this movie feeling so sorry for the frail old man as he is on his nazi hunt. You fear that something bad is going to happen to him, like what happens in real life to frail, elderly people out in the real world. He's nice too. And you keep cheering him on. He's still in hunt! He's getting closer!But the nazi hunter isn't who you think it is.... and the nazi isn't who you think it is... and there's more than one nazi. Remember has the best twist and the best ending I've ever seen in a nazi hunter movie.And the acting - especially Christopher Plummer - is superb, as is the scenery. Remember also superbly shows the drudgery of travel. Anyone who's been on countless business trips and stayed in countless chain hotels can relate to the scenes in this movie, as will those who take long-distance bus and train trips and taxis. We've all traveled like this quiet, elderly man is traveling.As you can read, the reviews of this movie range from one star to five. I honestly would dismiss any reviews lower than three stars. That's how powerful, unique, and well-done I think this movie is. You haven't seen one like it.Definitely watch Remember. I think it's an amazing movie, and I'm pretty picky about four and five-star movies.

Will I ever tire of Christopher Plummer? This time he is a man who suffers from senile dementia but he sets out to find the former Nazis who killed his family (and the family of another man in the same senior facility) at a long-ago concentration camp. The movie opens with him awakening and calling for his wife. Alarmed, he leaves his room and finds himself in some sort of quasi-medical facility. One of the women who works there has to tell him that his wife died two weeks earlier.With a wonderfully unpredictable script by Benjamin August ("Class Rank") and cleverly directed by Atom Egoyan ("The Captive"), we are on a hero's journey that goes from gently humorous to white-knuckle tense. The people he encounters are consistently helpful and kind. The children in this one are particularly good: smart, polite and considerate.The cast: * Christopher Plummer ("Elsa & Fred") Zev Gutman is a survivor of Auschwitz (with the tattoo to prove it). Max has given him a set of instructions, unlimited funds, transportation and hotel reservations: all the help necessary to fulfill his mission. He forgets at times what he is about, but every time he re-reads Max's letter, he gets back on track. We are pulling for him all the way. * Martin Landau ("Entourage") Max Rosenbaum never forgets his mission - revenge - and he won't let Zev forget his promise. Health failing, he is restricted to his wheelchair and his room, but he has his telephone and ample funds, powerful tools indeed. * Henry Czerny ("Revenge") Zev's son Charles is concerned about his father's dementia, but he's furious when Dad goes missing from that home for seniors. * Bruno Ganz ("Vitus") Rudy Kurlander #1 is the first person Zev contacts. I can't tell you about it because it would be a spoiler. * Dean Norris ("Secret in Their Eyes") Sheriff John Kurlander has lived all his years in the United States. The fellow Zev seeks is his father. Another sure-fire spoiler, so I can't say more. * Jürgen Prochnow ("Hitman: Agent 47") Rudy Kurlander #4 is happy to see Zev. That's all I can say... you know... spoiler...This is an impossible review to write because I would be spilling the beans, no matter what I say about most of these characters. As I said, this script is unique and unpredictable. Plummer is flawless, with a slight hint of a German accent, the right amount of missing hair and confused eyes. We feel his anxiety in the passenger bus, at Customs, with that barking watchdog, and amid a family crisis at that mountain retreat. Like him, we loved the children.The movie is R-rated (threatened violence and understanding of concentration camps), so expect some tension, very little profanity, no blowie uppie stuff and limited but effective gun play. Our screening audience was vocal and excited as we exited the theater.This one is outstanding.

fühle, als ich den Film sah.Ein alter Mann, Zev Guttman (Christopher Plummer), hat gerade seine Frau Ruth verloren. Aber er kann sich an fast NICHTS mehr erinnern. Wie es scheint, hat er die Demenz in fortgeschrittenem Stadium, ist aber für 90 Jahre physisch gut in Form. Er kann ohne Hilfe gehen, was für seinen Freund Max Rosenbaum (Martin Landau) von größter Bedeutung ist. Er hingegen hat keine große Schwierigkeiten mit dem Gedächtnis, ist aber wegen der Lungenkrankheit von den Sauerstoff "abhängig". Nach der Shiv'a für Zev's Frau gibt Max Zev einen Brief, einige Bilder und ziemlich viel Geld. Er sagt ihm, es ist höchste Zeit nach dem Mörder beider Familien zu suchen. Simon Wiesenthal hat ihn zwar identifiziert, aber er konnte nicht genug Beweise für ein Gerichtsverfahren zusammenbringen. Er sollte also einen Rudy Kurlander finden, der in Wirklichkeit Otto Wallisch heißt. Er war in Auschwitz, und er ist der Schuldige, er ist der Mörder. Er war ein Nazi!Nach dem Krieg sind viele wie er nach Amerika mit falschen Papieren und mit den Namen der Opfer gekommen. So einer ist Rudy Kurlander. Und Zev als Auschwitz-Überlebender wird sich an ihn erinnern und ihn erkennen. Da ist sich Max sicher.Wie ein alter, gebrechlicher Mann es schafft zuerst nach Cleveland, dann nach Kanada und wieder in die USA zu kommen, immer nach der Suche, grenzt fast an ein Wunder. Es gibt nämlich vier Rudy Kurlander's, die als mögliche Täter infrage kommen.Damit er nicht alles vergisst, schreibt sich Zev auf seine Hand die Worte: den Brief lesen. Max seinerseits entpuppt sich als wahrer Genie, als er für Zev die Hotelzimmer reserviert, ihm die Taxi's besorgt und ihn immer wieder daran erinnert, er solle ihn anrufen. Das macht Zev auch, obwohl er fast jeden Tag nach Ruth sucht, sich fragt, wo er ist. Einige Gedanken sind zwar da, so weiß er, dass er einen Führerschein besitzt (das ist genug um eine Pistole zu kaufen), einen Reisepass hat, der aber nicht mehr gültig ist. Doch, wer schaut schon bei einem Greis so genau hin?Die Reise ist lang, manchmal sieht es fast nach "ich kann nicht mehr"... aus.Aber seine Geschichte ist irgendwo in Engrammen seines Gehirns wie in Stein gemeiselt. Und die Zeit drängt, eilt es, die meisten Nazi's sind inzwischen gestorben, ihre Opfer entweder in Gaskammern der KZ' oder nach dem Krieg wegen der Krankheiten. Jetzt sind die Überlebende so alt wie Zev, Max und noch einige. Alt, krank, aber mit einem Willen die Schergen von damals zu finden...So eine Reise bringt die Vergangenheit näher, man versucht "zu vergessen", aber es ist nicht möglich.Zev Guttman, ein Überlebender, der wunderbar Klavier spielt, seit seiner Demenz das aber nicht mehr kann, ein Mann, der um seine Frau trauert, die sich wegen seiner Krankheit mit ihm in ein Heim begeben hat... Da hatte sie schon Krebs, aber sie wollte, dass Zev nach ihrem Tod in Sicherheit ist. Ein Mann, der einen Sohn hat, der ihn liebt, seine Krankheit nur bedingt versteht, sich ärgert, dass die Heimleitung so schlecht arbeitet, dass ein alter Mann verschwinden kann. Und das bis Nevada!Und dann die immerwiederkehrenden Gedanken, wir sind die letzten, mit uns stirbt die Erinnerung, wir müssen das jetzt tun, den Täter finden, keiner kann es machen.Ein Film, der nicht nur für große Gefühle sorgt, der nicht nur uns, die ihn sehen, viele Fragen stellt, ein Film, bei dem man WIRKLICH nichts vorher lesen sollte.Ich habe es so gemacht und war dankbar für die "Warnung". Mann sollte nur in den Film eintauchen, mit den alten Männern die Geschichte des Holocaust' mit unseren, nein, mit MEINEM EIGENEN HERZEN SEHEN...Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, beide 2015 fast 90 Jahre alt, Landau dann im Juli 2017 gestorben, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Lieven, Jürgen Prochnow u.a., jeder oder jede, die nur eine winzige Rolle in diesem Film gespielt haben, sind wichtig und waren gut. Die Musik einzigartig, die Bilder, die Kameraführung, was soll man hier schreiben. Außer, Hr. EGOYAN, Sie haben mit 55 Jahren einen Film gedreht, den man erst "erfinden mußte". Danke (den Film habe ich übrigens diesmal nicht zum ersten Mal gesehen)...

I watched this film last night and wow one of Christopher Plummers last film, it makes you appreciate life and watch our great & grand parents had to go through, I highly recommend this film and without adverts enjoy it, I won't spoil the film but this is a film I will be keeping and will watch it time and time again, younger generations should watch this to understand life from our older generations, anyway enjoy everyone you won't regret watching it

Would be 6 or more if I could give it. This films leading man deserves an Oscar for portraying such a marvellous part. The film has you on the edge of your seat for many reasons from the superb acting of Christopher Plummer and to the film content all of which are equally well portrayed. The twist at the end of the film leaves you feeling totally stunned but if you know of the nazi movement in awe of the writer. I feel those who have not been moved by this film either don't know or don't care about the atrocities back then.

My Aunt is a huge Christopher Plummer fan so I know she'll enjoy this.

A superb film, full of good acting, taut suspense, an original take on an old story and a simply brilliant ending - one that I never saw coming. My wife normally falls asleep watching films but this one had her on the edge of her seat. An absolutely must see.