The genre of the film is supposed to be a new take on film noir and detectives, but if Nick is supposed to be a type of detective that has seen it all, how does he get fooled into believing that his hottest client was just looking for her keys

Full Review | Jun 12, 2024

It is a true delight to see how Ferguson and Newton escape the limitations that usually accompany female archetypes in this genre. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Dec 6, 2023

Reminiscence's official synopsis is gripping with an air of mystery around it. To the misfortune of the film itself, the film in its entirety is deeply impaired by its unexciting, deficient take...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 23, 2023

Reminiscence is full of potential but fails to live up to it. It aims for the heights of hard boiled film noir classic but sadly the result is nearer soft boiled. For a film all about the power of memory, the end result is ironically entirely forgettable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 12, 2022

While Jackman and Ferguson are excellent here, Reminiscence is a watered-down sci-fi neo-noir that overstays its welcome by wallowing in a romance that loses steam fast.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 9, 2022

Despite its promise, “Reminiscence” is more of a sampler platter of numerous better films.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Its really telling when offhand details about the societal collapse and war that led to this water-damaged future are far more fascinating than the actual plot, but it leads to Reminiscence feeling like a bad episode of an otherwise solid TV show.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 28, 2022

The film is bland and boring with a plot that makes no sense and emotion that fails to hit.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Feb 15, 2022

The reality is that watching Reminiscence is an endurance test. It's two hours of Jackman's character, the sour-faced Nick Bannister, scowling through scenes and unloading exposition in his omnipresent voiceover.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Reminiscence is full of desperate people saying maudlin things, packing in as much exposition as mechanically as they can.

Full Review | Feb 3, 2022

The war and the vast gorge between the haves and have-nots exists merely as a blurry backdrop for Nick's vague, navel-gazey crapola about the nature of loss and memory and the melancholy passage of time.

Full Review | Feb 1, 2022

Where the film and director Joy get a little tangled up is when an attempt is made to stuff too much into the story all at once.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 28, 2021

A swampy mystery, a soggy action film, and a waterlogged love story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 13, 2021

The acting talent can carry this movie only so far but eventually, the disjointed and clichéd script falls apart so much that nothing can save it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2021

There're layers upon layers in Reminiscence which imply incredible thought and planning on Joy's part, most of which come together in a solid and satisfying way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5.5 | Nov 9, 2021

Although it has an undeniable appeal in conceptual terms, it's burden by a dull and nonrhythmic narrative, and by a string of -very- common and pompous places.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2021

The right beginning and end are present, the journey is just too convoluted and overstuffed to gracefully connect them.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 26, 2021

Many films we now consider "classics" were initially met with disdain, indifference and befuddlement and Reminiscence fits that mold. This is a title which begs to be viewed not twice, but multiple times and I can't wait to watch it repeatedly.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2021

Despite its technical feats, this noir thriller is so bleak and dense you don't want to keep it in your memories. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2021

The detours can be frustrating, but the branches are often interesting to venture across, as is the experience of watching a major motion picture willing to reach as far down a rabbit hole as "Reminiscence" does.

Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Sep 27, 2021