It seems that the only thing anyone forgot in this movie was

a decent ending. The suspense builds convincingly enough until

the last ten minutes when the story falls flatter than a pancake.

I still feel cheated by this incredibly lame film. It makes

me wonder if the script was being written as the movie was being

made. On the other hand, how did this story make it to the screen

in the first place? That's the real mystery here.

Julianne Moore and Gary Sinese have little more to do here besides

look confused as they run from one bad scene to the next. The

ever-popular conspiracy nut routine plays a big part in this

mess making people behave strangely. As it turns out, there is

a conspiracy, yet it is so dumb that when it finally hits you,

all you can say is, "Huh?"

Stop reading now if you don't want to know the horrible

truth of "The Forgotten" because I am about to spell

it out as a public service to lovers of suspense and sci-fi.

That's right, aliens have come to earth, who knows how long

ago, to "experiment" on humans, manipulating their

lives to see what makes them tick.

Their latest lab rat, Julianne Moore, has had her son taken

mother and child. That seems like a good reason to travel across

the galaxies. Perhaps movie aliens are running out of reasons

to visit our little planet and the only thing left to study are

the curious emotions that we humans cling to.

Moore is convinced that her son is real and that her husband,

Anthony Edwards, and her shrink, Sinese are gaslighting her for

no reason. With the help of a neighbor, who she convinces is

a victim of the same hoax, she makes her way closer and closer

to the truth. When the moment comes in which a mysterious man

is tracked down in an abandoned warehouse, the aliens pull out

of the project and everything goes