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Directed by | Denise Di Novi |
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Music by | Toby Chu |
Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
Edited by | Frédéric Thoraval |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $15.1 million |
Unforgettable is a 2017 American erotic thriller film directed by Denise Di Novi (in her directorial debut) and written by Christina Hodson and David Leslie Johnson. The film stars Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Geoff Stults, Isabella Rice and Cheryl Ladd, and follows a divorcée who begins to torment the new fiancé of her ex-husband.
Principal photography began on August 17, 2015 in Los Angeles. The film was released on April 21, 2017 by Warner Bros. and has grossed $15 million against its $12 million budget.
The film opens with Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson) in an interrogation room, being questioned in the murder of her psychotic ex-boyfriend, Michael. Julia claims that she has been set up and that she has nothing to do with the murder, despite the police's copies of instant-message conversations between them clearly showing Julia lusting after him.
The film cuts to six months earlier, with Julia leaving her job as an editor at a popular fiction website to work from the home she will be sharing with her fiancée, David Conover, trying to settle into her new role as a wife and a stepmother, she believes she has finally met the man of her dreams, the man who can help her put her own troubled past behind her. Julia's friend Ali buys her some presents and tells her that if she needs anything, she is there. Julia then drives to David's mansion, where she is greeted by David's ex-wife, Tessa (Katherine Heigl), who is barely coping with the end of her marriage. After saying goodbye to her daughter, Lilly, Tessa leaves, but not before shooting Julia a dirty look. That night, David and Julia have sex.
The next evening, Tessa shows up at the house to drop off something, but Lilly insists she stays for dinner. While they are eating, Tessa opening citizens Julia's cooking and leaves. Julia then gets a notification that her restraining order against her abusive ex-boyfriend, Michael, has expired, much to her distress. That night, she sees a dark shadow walking outside the living room window, but it just turns out to be David, home from work late.