"Forget Me Not" is contemporary love story with a heart-wrenching twist that recalls vintage tearjerkers, yet its appealing stars, Tobias Menzies and Genevieve O'Reilly, make watching it a surprisingly affecting experience. The film is helped immeasurably by its London setting and a moody score.
Directed by Alexander Holt and Lance Roehrig with an adroit blend of cinematic poetic flourish, sure pacing and British understatement, there's a pleasing echo of "Brief Encounter" in this film's chance meeting. Menzies' troubled singer-guitarist Will comes to the rescue of a lovely barmaid, Eve (O'Reilly), who's being accosted by a drunk, and soon the two are strolling along the Thames, attending the engagement party of one of Eve's friends, staying up all night chatting.
