A ★★½ review of The Forgotten (2004)

Yes, it's trash but it's fun trash and if you're in the right mindset, can't help but get sucked(!) into the ridiculousness of it all. It's not a good movie, but it is a fun one. Julianne Moore proves what a great actor she is (not that you needed proof) buy making some of the movie's dumbest plot progressions feel believable in the moment because you always believe her. Everyone in the cast is playing it straight, which makes the Idiot Plot funnier (albeit unintentionally). You've got book editors outrunning federal agents, bad guys laying out their nefarious plans when