To me, this movie is perfection.

Thanks for the memories!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I've seen some people refer to this movie as a Fatal Attraction, even saw the old "Hell hath no Fury" quote. This movie is NOT even a thriller let alone any of those comparisons. It's just a slow moving drama about a woman released from prison with no sense of direction. It crawls along at a snail's pace and in the end just fizzles out. I give it a 3 only because I'm a fan of miss Chapman's other works.In the end it was just a wasted opportunity.

An odd movie with a very abrupt ending, but underneath its oddness and artistic flourishes it's still a spurned-woman-getting-her-revenge story.The plot: Extremely pretty "Emily" (Geraldine Chaplin looking like she hadn't aged a day since playing "Tonya" in 1965's "Dr. Zhivago") is an oft-kilter ex-con who tries to readjust to society while at the same time stalking a married couple, the "Curry's" (Anthony Perkins and his real-life wife Berry Berenson). She decidedly fails at the former despite adapting a feminine appearance by re-teaching herself to walk in heels and getting a job as a cashier at a dollar store owned by the son (young Jeff Goldblum) of a former prison friend.Twelve years in prison has turned Emily into a bundle of jangled nerves with a hair-trigger temper and finely-honed defense mechanisms for dealing with "snitches" and "predators" which is how she seems to view everyone. Her revenge on a conniving co-worker (Alfre Woodard in an early role) and then avoiding retaliation by that co-worker's boyfriend (Alan Autry) make for the comic highlights of the film. (Watching Mrs. Tonya Zhivago "shank" someone has to be seen to be believed.) She's also learned that offering-up feminine vulnerability to authority figures is how to get what she wants as shown by her manipulating her super (Moses Gunn).The bulk of the film, though, involves her aggressively stalking the Curry's. The wife, "Barbara," is bewildered and frightened by the behavior of this complete stranger. The husband, "Neil," is far less confused by it upon getting a good look at the stalker. You see Emily was his first wife- a fact that he conveniently forgot to mention to Barbara. Also (SPOILERS), Neil was not faithful to Emily while they were married which apparently led to Emily removing his mistress from the planet and landing herself in prison. Neil is circumspect about what actually happened claiming that Emily didn't really commit murder even though it "looked" like she did. Did Neil set her up? Yet, that all appears to be water under the bridge for Emily as she seems set on winning Neil back. Still sporting her wedding ring and donning very feminine attire that she knows appeals to him (in contrast to Barbara who never seen wearing anything but blue jeans), she sets-out to seduce him back. Or does she? By film's end, it appears that twelve years in prison that resulted out of her husband's philandering and his moving on with his life as if she never even existed were not so readily forgiven by Emily.In some ways, "Remember My Name" is a slow-moving and artsy early version of the "Fatal Attraction" story with its warning to men not to sleep with crazy, but without the bunny-boiling extremes. Underneath its blues score and talky script, "Remember My Name" has a pretty standard scorned woman exacting her revenge plot. Yet, it's watchable for the performance of Geraldine Chaplin. As mentioned above, seeing the prim and pretty Ms. Chaplin as a hardened ex-con can be quite amusing. With her comes-and-goes "Nu Yawk" accent and a socially awkward persona even when she's trying to be "normal," Chaplin gives a very interesting performance and it's the highlight of this film.

A woman is released from prison and then starts stalking a man. But why?Starring Anthony Perkins and Geraldine Chaplin.Written and directed by Alan Rudolph.This movie has such a promising premise but ultimately it's a frustrating watch.It did keep my interest and I was fascinated all the way through to know what was going on and why this strange woman was stalking the main protagonist and his wife. The stand out performance was by Geraldine Chaplin, she played a great part. Unfortunately Perkins was quite wooden and I wanted to poke his screen wife (Berry Berenson) with a very long stick to see if she was still alive. The ending was frustrating. I was hoping that all the loose ends would be tied up or we would at least get a decent twist, but I was left with more questions than answers. I usually don't mind open endings, but this one left me feeling short changed. What the heck actually happened at the end? What the heck happened in their relationship before she was locked up in prison?Too many unanswered questions and I really can't be bothered surfing any movie related message boards to find out. I'll move on to the next old movie.7/10

I suppose the main criticism you can level against a film like REMEMBER MY NAME is that it has a distinctly tame, quiet, television-movie style feel to it, so that the drama feels oddly muted for a movie made for the cinemas. It's a late '70s stalker story along the lines of PLAY MISTY FOR ME, although not quite as good as the Eastwood movie.What REMEMBER MY NAME does have going for it is an excellent cast of past and future stars who enliven an otherwise ordinary tale. The story involves a seemingly happily married couple who are disturbed by the arrival of the husband's old flame who seems obsessed with resuming their relationship. What follows is quietly gripping in places, although the film as a whole is let down by a non-existent ending and a definite lack of incident.Anthony Perkins is excellent at playing these mild-mannered characters hiding dark secrets but the real acting honours go to Geraldine Chaplin, who invests her disturbed character with real authenticity; she's absolutely frightening in the part. The supporting cast includes plenty of faces who would go on to become famous in the future: Tim Thomerson, Dennis Franz, and best of all a skinny Jeff Goldblum. Blaxploitation actor Moses Gunn also has a role.