Forget Me Not (2009 film)
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Forget Me Not is a 2009 American supernatural horror film. The film stars Cody Linley
, Carly Schroeder
, Chloe Bridges, Jillian Murray
, and Micah Alberti
. It is also written and directed by Tyler Oliver, and is a limited release.
, crying, her face covered with skull
paint. She makes it to her house and her parents ask her what's wrong. The little girl, named Sandy, responds by stating, "I don't remember."
Years later, Sandy Channing and her brother, Eli, are both academic students with scholarships to Stanford University
. They go to a party
at night, and they and their friends go to the graveyard to play a game. As they are about to start, a girl their age asks to play. They allow her, and they play a different version of tag, where one of them is a ghost, and whoever the ghost tags becomes a ghost until there is one left. Eli, who is the ghost, and the others tag everyone, leaving the girl the winner. As Sandy tells her that she's won, the girl asks if she remembers her. Sandy cannot remember, and the girl jumps from the cliff behind her. The police arrive but are unable to find a body.
The next day, Layla, after getting dumped by Chad, disappears when she is pulled into a lake while trying to retrieve a ring. The group goes on a trip without Layla, whom no one seems to remember. When T.J. dies mysteriously, no one but Sandy remembers him. The group leaves on the trip in two separate vehicles, and Chad is attacked and killed when his car explodes, causing Sandy to realize that there is now one vehicle.
Sandy and her fellow teens then see Chad's car, battered and dirty in a junkyard
. However, for some strange reason, no one but Sandy knows who Chad is, and soon they drive to T.J.'s house, which is vacant and ruined. As Sandy goes into the house with her boyfriend Jake and Eli, the other girls, Lex and Hannah, get into a fight. On the other hand, Sandy begins to remember the girl from the graveyard as her friend when she was little, but nothing more. Later, Lex is killed by what appears to be undead versions of her murdered friends, with Sandy witnessing her demise. The other three think Sandy is losing her mind, as none of the others remember Lex anymore.
Sandy and the others go to the police station, where they learn the mysterious girl's name is Angela Smith and she lives in a convent
. Sandy begs her friends to go with her, and they agree, but also agree to wait until morning. At a local hotel
, Sandy sleeps due to a sleeping pill in her drink while Hannah and Eli go to the pool and make love. Eli goes back up to the room to find Jake trying to contain Sandy who is throwing herself around in the room. Hannah is killed, and Sandy and Jake are now alone in the hotel room. Eli calls Sandy and tells her he can no longer cover for her. She then tells him to meet her at the convent. She and Jake then discover Angela is in a coma. At the convent, Jake is killed. Eli, who doesn't remember Jake, picks up a shaken Sandy. Sandy cries over her dead boyfriend, and Eli begins to realize that they are being erased in time. After heading home, Sandy, whose parents thinks she has gone insane, is sedated and taken to the hospital
. While there, Eli is attacked (and, presumably, killed) by the undead versions of his murdered friends.
Later, Sandy dreams of a time where she and her friends played a scary prank on Angela, who has a seizure in front of the convent. It is later revealed that the girl at the beginning of the film is also Angela. Sandy wakes and goes to Angela's room where she turns off her life support
. She then leaves the room but then turns around to see Angela sitting up in her bed. Sandy then chased up to the roof by the ghosts of her friends, and encounters a young Angela. Despite a failed attempt to reason with her, Sandy falls from the roof of the hospital. The film then ends with Angela waking up from her coma, while Sandy takes her place in a coma of her own.
The film has received mostly negative reviews from film critics. It has mainly been criticized for non-credible acting, a predictable plot, and lack of scares. The film has been praised for showing teenagers in a more realistic light, however.
Cody Linley
Cody Martin Linley is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series Hannah Montana and for being a contestant on the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars, in which he was partnered with Julianne Hough.-Career:Linley made his acting...
, Carly Schroeder
Carly Schroeder
Carly Brook Schroeder is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire...
, Chloe Bridges, Jillian Murray
Jillian Murray
Jillian Leigh Murray is an American Actress. She perhaps best known for her role as Portlyn on Sonny With a Chance and as Heather in An American Carol .-Life and career:...
, and Micah Alberti
Micah Alberti
Micah Alberti is an American model and actor who played James Edward Martin on All My Children. He also guest starred on 8 Simple Rules and Smallville. He starred on the ABC Family series, Wildfire.-Filmography:...
. It is also written and directed by Tyler Oliver, and is a limited release.
Plot
The film opens with a young girl (Courtney Biggs) running through a graveyardGraveyard
A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...
, crying, her face covered with skull
Skull
The skull is a bony structure in the head of many animals that supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.The skull is composed of two parts: the cranium and the mandible. A skull without a mandible is only a cranium. Animals that have skulls are called craniates...
paint. She makes it to her house and her parents ask her what's wrong. The little girl, named Sandy, responds by stating, "I don't remember."
Years later, Sandy Channing and her brother, Eli, are both academic students with scholarships to Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. They go to a party
Party
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
at night, and they and their friends go to the graveyard to play a game. As they are about to start, a girl their age asks to play. They allow her, and they play a different version of tag, where one of them is a ghost, and whoever the ghost tags becomes a ghost until there is one left. Eli, who is the ghost, and the others tag everyone, leaving the girl the winner. As Sandy tells her that she's won, the girl asks if she remembers her. Sandy cannot remember, and the girl jumps from the cliff behind her. The police arrive but are unable to find a body.
The next day, Layla, after getting dumped by Chad, disappears when she is pulled into a lake while trying to retrieve a ring. The group goes on a trip without Layla, whom no one seems to remember. When T.J. dies mysteriously, no one but Sandy remembers him. The group leaves on the trip in two separate vehicles, and Chad is attacked and killed when his car explodes, causing Sandy to realize that there is now one vehicle.
Sandy and her fellow teens then see Chad's car, battered and dirty in a junkyard
Junkyard
The word junkyard may refer to:*A wreck yard, also known as a junkyard or scrapyard*Junkyard a hero. He is featured in Robot Chicken where he dies of theobromine poisoning.*Junkyard , a hard rock band based in Los Angeles...
. However, for some strange reason, no one but Sandy knows who Chad is, and soon they drive to T.J.'s house, which is vacant and ruined. As Sandy goes into the house with her boyfriend Jake and Eli, the other girls, Lex and Hannah, get into a fight. On the other hand, Sandy begins to remember the girl from the graveyard as her friend when she was little, but nothing more. Later, Lex is killed by what appears to be undead versions of her murdered friends, with Sandy witnessing her demise. The other three think Sandy is losing her mind, as none of the others remember Lex anymore.
Sandy and the others go to the police station, where they learn the mysterious girl's name is Angela Smith and she lives in a convent
Convent
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...
. Sandy begs her friends to go with her, and they agree, but also agree to wait until morning. At a local hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
, Sandy sleeps due to a sleeping pill in her drink while Hannah and Eli go to the pool and make love. Eli goes back up to the room to find Jake trying to contain Sandy who is throwing herself around in the room. Hannah is killed, and Sandy and Jake are now alone in the hotel room. Eli calls Sandy and tells her he can no longer cover for her. She then tells him to meet her at the convent. She and Jake then discover Angela is in a coma. At the convent, Jake is killed. Eli, who doesn't remember Jake, picks up a shaken Sandy. Sandy cries over her dead boyfriend, and Eli begins to realize that they are being erased in time. After heading home, Sandy, whose parents thinks she has gone insane, is sedated and taken to the hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
. While there, Eli is attacked (and, presumably, killed) by the undead versions of his murdered friends.
Later, Sandy dreams of a time where she and her friends played a scary prank on Angela, who has a seizure in front of the convent. It is later revealed that the girl at the beginning of the film is also Angela. Sandy wakes and goes to Angela's room where she turns off her life support
Life support
Life support, in medicine is a broad term that applies to any therapy used to sustain a patient's life while they are critically ill or injured. There are many therapies and techniques that may be used by clinicians to achieve the goal of sustaining life...
. She then leaves the room but then turns around to see Angela sitting up in her bed. Sandy then chased up to the roof by the ghosts of her friends, and encounters a young Angela. Despite a failed attempt to reason with her, Sandy falls from the roof of the hospital. The film then ends with Angela waking up from her coma, while Sandy takes her place in a coma of her own.
Cast
- Carly SchroederCarly SchroederCarly Brook Schroeder is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire...
as Sandy Channing - Cody LinleyCody LinleyCody Martin Linley is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series Hannah Montana and for being a contestant on the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars, in which he was partnered with Julianne Hough.-Career:Linley made his acting...
as Eli Channing - Brie Gabrielle as Hannah
- Chloe Bridges as Layla
- Jillian MurrayJillian MurrayJillian Leigh Murray is an American Actress. She perhaps best known for her role as Portlyn on Sonny With a Chance and as Heather in An American Carol .-Life and career:...
as Lex Mitchell - Micah AlbertiMicah AlbertiMicah Alberti is an American model and actor who played James Edward Martin on All My Children. He also guest starred on 8 Simple Rules and Smallville. He starred on the ABC Family series, Wildfire.-Filmography:...
as Jake Mitchell - Brittany Renee Finamore as Angela Smith
- Sean WingSean WingSean Wing is a singer and American film and television actor who first appeared on an episode of the CBS series Touched by an Angel...
as James Bannister - Zachary AbelZachary AbelZachary Burr Abel is an American actor, who is perhaps best known for portraying Carter Anderson in the ABC Family series Make It or Break It...
as Chad - Barbara BainBarbara BainMillicent Fogel , known professionally as Barbara Bain, is an American actress.-Early life:Bain was born in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She moved to New York City, where she was a dancer and high fashion model. Bain studied with...
as Sister Dolores - Alex Mauriello as Cecilia
- Courtney Biggs as Young Sandy
- Joey LuthmanJoey LuthmanJoseph Gregory Wagner "Joey" Luthman is an American teen actor, best known for portraying Young Physical Phil in the popular ABC TV series, October Road.-Personal life:...
as Young Eli - Bella ThorneBella ThorneAnnabella Avery "Bella" Thorne is an American teen actress, dancer, singer, and model. She is a child model and actor with appearances in more than 20 films and television series and more than 60 commercials, she is best known for her role as the aspiring young dancer, CeCe Jones on the Disney...
as Young Angela - Kenton DutyKenton DutyKenton Duty is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his recurring role as "Young Jacob" on the final season of the ABC primetime drama, Lost, and for his co-starring role as the flamboyant European exchange student, Gunther Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel comedy series, Shake It...
as Young Chad
Box Office and Critical Reaction
Forget Me Not was released at the Fantasy Filmfest on August 24, 2009. The film grossed $1,852 on its opening weekend. It has a grossed a total of $7,550 to date.The film has received mostly negative reviews from film critics. It has mainly been criticized for non-credible acting, a predictable plot, and lack of scares. The film has been praised for showing teenagers in a more realistic light, however.