History Film / RememberMe

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused with]] [[VideoGame/RememberMe the video game of the same name]], the [[Literature/RememberMe fantasy book series]], or the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Oscar-winning song]].

* CoolLoser: Caroline is disliked by the other girls at school but is a talented artist and WiseBeyondHerYears in some ways.

* {{Foreshadowing}}

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Allie could be seen as a {{Reconstruction}}. First, Tyler seeks ''her'' out and just for the sake of a prank. Her quirky hobbies are jutxaposed with witnessing her mother's murder and a strained relationship with her father. Plus [[spoiler:Tyler dies while Allie continues to live her life, therefore growing as a character more]]. In addition to this, she's quite fun and lively, and getting with her does improve Tyler's life immensely.

* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: The film is set in the early 2000s and just appears to be slightly nostalgic for the period - lack of cellphones among the main characters, Allie's BareYourMidriff wardrobe, the father being able to use his wealth before fear of the recession, ''Film/AmericanPie2'' in cinemas etc. But Caroline is bullied for being smart, as a reminder that attitudes towards school bullying were still very casual. [[spoiler:Then Tyler dies in the 9/11 attacks]].

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] [[VideoGame/RememberMe the video game of the same name]], the [[Literature/RememberMe fantasy book series]], or the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Oscar-winning song]].

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] [[VideoGame/RememberMe the video game of the same name]] or the [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Oscar-winning song]].

''Remember Me'' is a 2010 drama film starring Creator/RobertPattinson, Creator/PierceBrosnan and Creator/EmilieDeRavin. It follows the lives of two families in New York City. Tyler (Pattinson) is a typical screw up young college student who only seems to care about his little sister Caroline, as his home life is fairly screwed up since his parents are divorced, and the father (Brosnan) has remained distant ever since the eldest brother killed himself. Tyler meets Allie (De Ravin) who has issues of her own, her mother being murdered on the subway in front of her when she was eleven, and her father being an overprotective fireman.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Allie. Justified though since summers get very hot in New York.

* AdultsAreUseless: The teachers at Caroline's school. The girl was attacked at a birthday party, which they don't punish the bullies for, because it didn't happen on school property. Then the next time Caroline is at school, one of the bullies has no problem taunting her in front of the whole class and the teacher does not

* BrickJoke: Aidan brags about having slept with a girl of every ethnicity. Allie asks about an eskimo and he responds that there is a certain girl who works at the library. The focus then switches to Tyler arriving home to find [[spoiler: Allie's father waiting for him]]. After that big scene is over, Allie arrives home saying she'd just been at the library speaking with the girl in question.

* CallBack: At the very end of the film [[spoiler: Allie rides on the subway for the first time since her mother's murder, to show she's moving on]].

* TheCasanova: Aidan. He brags that he's had a girl of every ethnicity possible. [[spoiler: Including Inuit]].

* DaddysGirl: [[spoiler: The epilogue shows that Charles and Caroline become much closer, him taking her to art galleries]].

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the epilogue we see Caroline's hair grown back symbolising [[spoiler: her and Charles bonding after Tyler's death]] while Allie's hair is also longer.

** The ending is foreshadowed by [[spoiler: a shot of the Twin Towers at the beginning]]
** [[spoiler: A shadow of a bird in the shape of a plane]] can be seen on Tyler's back during a love scene.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In the epilogue [[spoiler: Aidan has gotten a memorial tattoo of Tyler]].

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Allie could be seen as a {{Reconstruction}}. First, Tyler seeks ''her'' out and just for the sake of a prank. Her quirky hobbies are jutxaposed with witnessing her mother's murder and a strained relationship with her father. Plus [[spoiler: Tyler dies while Allie continues to live her life, therefore growing as a character more]]. In addition to this, she's quite fun and lively, and getting with her does improve Tyler's life immensely.

* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: The film is set in the early 2000s and just appears to be slightly nostalgic for the period - lack of cellphones among the main characters, Allie's BareYourMidriff wardrobe, the father being able to use his wealth before fear of the recession, ''Film/AmericanPie2'' in cinemas etc. But Caroline is bullied for being smart, as a reminder that attitudes towards school bullying were still very casual.[[spoiler: Then Tyler dies in the 9/11 attacks]].

* PosthumousNarration: [[spoiler: Tyler is revealed to have died in the 9/11 attacks at the end.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: The family have all got their lives sorted out... and then Tyler is suddenly killed in the 9/11 attacks. Subverted then when we see that the characters eventually do move on from his death]].

* WhamShot: The teacher casually writing the date on the blackboard: [[spoiler: September 11th, 2001]].

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Allie is a more realistic version of the trope, while displaying a few of the characteristics such as eating dessert at the start of a meal just in case she dies before she gets to have it, she has issues of her own with her father. And in a variation of the typical plot, Tyler actually seeks her out first.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Allie is a more realistic version of the trope, while displaying a few of the characteristics such as eating desert at the start of a meal just in case she dies before she gets to have it, she has issues of her own with her father. And in a variation of the typical plot, Tyler actually seeks her out first.

* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: The film is set in the early 2000s and just appears to be slightly nostalgic for the period - lack of cellphones among the main characters, Allie's BareYourMidriff wardrobe, the father being able to use his wealth before fear of the recession, ''Film/AmericanPie2'' in cinemas etc. But Caroline is bullied for being smart, as a reminder that the early 2000s were when dumb was being cool - and attitudes towards school bullying were very casual.[[spoiler: Then Tyler dies in the 9/11 attacks]].

* CerebusCallBack: Inverted. Early on in the movie Tyler is bailed out of jail by his father in a sombre scene. The second time it happens, much later in the story, it's a humorous scene with Charles and Tyler laughing about it.

[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] [[VideoGame/RememberMe the video game of the same name]].