Does Remember Me Test Robert Pattinson's Marquee Value?

Anne Thompson from indiewire.com muses about the success of Remember Me.



Twilight’s Pattinson Tests Marquee Value with Remember Me
by Anne Thompson

A fellow-Hollywood scribe (who tends to like a lot) has seen Summit’s Rob
Pattinson romance Remember Me and says it’s strong. (I’ll see it soon but can’t
write about it yet). This “family” trailer (below) is much better than the last
one.

How the movie opens March 12 will be a true test of Pattinson’s
marquee power outside the Twilight franchise. Will women flock to see him
playing a regular guy who isn’t Edward Cullen? The fact that it’s a sincere
romance with father/son conflict (and not a formula romantic comedy) should work
in its favor, along with a solid ensemble including Lost‘s Emilie de Ravin,
Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper. I don’t have a handle on director Allen
Coulter, who fumbled Hollywoodland but boasts strong TV credits (Damages, Rome,
Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos, Sex and the City). While I have always been on Team
Pattinson, so far his extra-curricular work has been in the less than inspiring
European art films Little Ashes and How to Be.

Yes Anne, we will flock to this film. For Rob, for Emilie, for Pierce, for Chris, for Lena, for Gregory and for Will Fetter's story that Allen Coulter has brought to life.


Source:
indiewire.com