Oublier et pardonner

For what it is- obviously a TV movie- it's pretty decent. Good pacing, interesting, simple story. Kinda good movie to chuck on when you want something that's not too complicated.

I found this movie so-so. Good performances from Neil Napier and Tygh Runyan. Both had some terrific moments and played them well. I especially liked Vivien Douglas as the daughter. Her mother over-played by Elizabeth Rohm evidently was not a good mother before she obtained amnesia from a beating and left for dead.

Most of the film is her trying to get back her memory. Along the way she is a pain in the butt. Prying into everybody's past, without any regrets. She continues to alienate her daughter by her cold behavior. I did not find any compassion in all that she hurt along the way and was hoping she'd disappear.

It also bothers me that in most LMN films our poor dear heroine gathers strength by kicking the men in the groin. Next step they take out their cell phones. Almost always the direction in all these lady films. Has anyone bothered to kick a female in the groin? Would be interesting. No such luck in this mess.

Caught this Canadian thriller "Forget and forgive" on TV because I liked the premise. And the film manages to keep your interest for quite a long time. Still there's a strange thing: If the perpetrators really were afraid that she still remembers, why are they doing what they are doing? Well, more can't be said about this, without making a spoiler.

Good acting performances all over, I would say. Elizabeth Rohm does this difficult role well. It was quite fun to see that she was really not a good mother before she got amnesia from a beating and left for dead. Afterwards she gets to now that her decisions back then was something she wouldn't agree with now after the amnesia.

Amnesia is very difficult, and for us to comprehend even more difficult. As such this is an interesting topic on film. What annoys here is the lack of understanding around her, but I buy that the situation before the amnesia, which wasn't the best.

An OK film, which is good, until it goes a bit stale, and ends up as a 5/10.