Remember

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2005)

Remember when you saw Schindler's List and at the very end the movie switched to color and they showed some of the real survivors walking across the screen with the actors who played them? And you were like "Oh, wow. This monstrosity wasn't so long ago. How could people still alive today allowed this to happen?" Well, this movie gives you the same feeling...from the opening shot to the closing credits. It's all in color because this all happened just ten years ago. I was in college. And I didn't give it a moments notice. In other words, I was one of those people who let this happen, and didn't even bother to notice. Cheadle deserves the Oscar, in a walk. The story is not perfect, but it's heart wrenching and honest and frank. It has moments of sentimentality but I don't think it ever crosses the line into mawkish. Highly recommended.