Five Reasons Why Robert Pattinson's New Movie Will Hit—or Not
3/13/2010 11:53:00 AM
kenmouse
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Will Team Edward members turn out for Robert Pattinson when he's moonlighting as some mortal guy named Tyler?That's the box-office question for Pattinson and Remember Me, the Twilight star's first movie since becoming the abbreviatable R.Pattz. And we've got the answer. Five of them, in fact. In two parts. The better to obsess over. Here goes.
Remember Me will hit because...
1. It can't miss.
Nobody expects the film, a straight-ahead romantic drama trying to make a go of it in a genre dominated by Nicholas Sparks-spawned titles, to topple Alice in Wonderland, or even challenge Matt Damon's Green Zone for distant second at the weekend box office.
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