Reminiscence

Vision de Miami inondée dans un imper noir de lumières nocturnes, avec un Jackman amoureux, perdu dans le charme de Rebecca, la femme fatale, a quelque chose de spécial. Blade Runner et Sin City vous reviennent en mémoire et Rebecca, chantant sur scène dans une robe rouge, rappelle même le souvenir de Jessica Rabbit animée dans Qui veut la peau de Roger Rabbit ? Le potentiel d'une belle et émouvante histoire d'amour est ici compromis par une intrigue de détective ennuyeuse et bancale. Cela nuit également à la signification d'une stylisation formelle intéressante. (19/10/2021)

Hugh Jackman searches his own memories to find out what happened to his love, Rebecca Ferguson, but he may not be prepared for what he finds. Lisa Joy delivers a visually appealing combination of science fiction and noir that perhaps borrows too much from other films, but the two hours pass unexpectedly pleasantly. (25/08/2021)

Not my cup of coffee, but more digestible than I'd expected, though I would have preferred Logan 2. It has a pretty interesting story about unlocking lost memories and it’s a shame that it had to go down the romantic-crime line. I would have been more interested in the memories of assassins and hitmen, but it's directed by a woman, so there’s. Hugh Jackman is solid and Rebecca Ferguson is irresistibly seductive, though I found her character quite underused. It's got quite nice and intimate visuals, surprisingly there are two action scenes (one shootout and one fight), but the finale didn't grab me, it lacks a distinct style. Reminiscence doesn't really stand out, it's about half throttle, but the ladies might be satisfied, the emotions work really well here and the dialogue had something going for it at times, too. Story 3/5, Action 2/5, Humour 0/5, Violence 0/5, Fun 3/5 Music 3/5, Visuals 4/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 2/5, Emotions 3/5. 6/10. (23/08/2021)

A clever noir crime movie about memories embedded in a (future) sunken Miami, suffers from being too fragmented. Lisa Joy knows what she wants to say, but lacks the ability to tell a story that her husband and brother-in-law have. She’s a bit more of a copy-cat than them. The story would benefit from dark, dirty visuals. The polished post-apocalyptic Miami is too pretty to make Jackman depressed. More blood would help, R-rating is a must with any good noir movie, this is too clean. But despite all that, I give it a thumbs up and I’m sorry that it bombed in the movie theaters. Lisa definitely deserves another chance. P.S.: Rebecca Ferguson was simply born to play divine femmes fatales. (26/08/2021)

J’apprécie la tentative de néo-noir old-school au style original, ainsi que le cadre futuriste particulier, mais malheureusement, Reminiscence manque de satisfaire en tant que spectacle cinématographique et tire en longueur comme pas possible. Il m’a fallu trois séances avant d’en arriver à bout, alors que c’est un genre qu’on pourrait dire taillé pour moi ! L’effort est perceptible, mais c’est un coup dans l’eau. (16/06/2022)

Noir is a genre that has that magical quality where if such a film fails in style, it becomes terribly funny. And with Reminiscence, I was chuckling like a madman at times. By which the film proves once again, among other things, how that famous "best unrealized screenplays" label doesn't guarantee anything, because it's just a crappy rip-off of Strange Days (despite there being no comparison). With more capable direction and especially set design, this could have withstood a lot, because the subject matter isn't entirely bad; but just the way it all feels artificial and cheaply staged makes it stand out for how stupidly written, acted, and produced it is. Still, I'm glad someone took on this retrofuturistic neo-noir without trying to "instructively" look down on it, which is rare these days. (19/11/2021)