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The Truth About Charlie (2002)

October. 25,2002
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4.7
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PG-13
| Thriller Mystery
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Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. The more Reggie learns, the more she realizes the scope of the puzzle which she must solve to protect herself from ever-increasing danger.

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FeistyUpper
2002/10/25

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Stevecorp
2002/10/26

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Fairaher
2002/10/27

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Zlatica
2002/10/28

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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richard-1787
2002/10/29

The credits for this movie say that it is based on Stanley Donan's Charade, starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. I suppose it is, but this movie inhabits a completely different world. There was something of a mystery to Charade, but its most memorable parts were the clever dialogues between Hepburn and Grant and the romantic tension. This movie has no clever dialogue, and very little romantic tension. There is no chemistry at all between the two leads. Wahlberg's character has no charm, and therefore elicits little interest from the audience.And the shots of a beautiful, romantic Paris have been replaced with shots of a modern, grungy Paris.We're left with a story about a disagreeable set of characters moving through an unattractive series of settings. The business about the stamps, which had included a wonderful cameo for the stamp dealer in Charade, flies by with almost no interest here.I forced myself to watch it to the end, but I don't see why you should bother.

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deetya
2002/10/30

Let me get this straight; Dyle was betrayed by Charlie, wounded and left for death; in the process of trying to get his gold back, he accidentally caused the deaths of his loyal compatriots; he's still conscientious enough to surrender his gun, then got poisoned by Charlie's mothers. He's the only guy with pure motive in the movie! And he got treated so, so, badly by the filmmakers. How depressing.Of course, the two stars, Wahlberg and Newton, got all the juicy lines. It is unfortunate that they inevitably get compared to Grant and Hepburn, because Grant and Hepburn's performances are simply heavenly. According to IMDb, Jonathan Demme wanted to get Will Smith. Smith, perhaps, could've sold the part better than Wahlberg. Wahlberg is a good actor, but in this movie he came across more as a thug than a suave, debonair, gentleman- operative. Tim Robbins, IMHO, is the guy who should be getting all the acting accolades here. His former henchmen, Joong-Hoon Park, LisaGay Hamilton, and Ted Levine, seemed to be enjoying themselves in their role. But Tim Robbins gave a wonderful performance. Of course, that maybe because I think his character was treated shabbily. Or perhaps it's because Robbins gave such a sympathetic performance as Dyle. His character deserves better.

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smokehill retrievers
2002/10/31

Other reviewers have explained just why this is a ghastly embarrassment, so I won't belabor the point.I would like, however, to nominate this as possibly the worst remake in history.Its only real competition, perhaps, is the little-known (thankfully) musical version of Lost Horizons.The Lost Horizons remake had the advantage, however, of being hilarious to watch if you had a few drinks and some popcorn, and needed a really good laugh.This dreadful thing, though, is just tedious and embarrassing to everyone who was roped into participating.

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ccthemovieman-1
2002/11/01

This was strange. I had no idea what this film was about as it was a free loan and I just put in the machine, not even reading the back of the box. Well, obviously it didn't take long to figure out this was a re-make of the famous 1963 film "Charade."It's not really bad on it's own but if you've watched and admired Charade a half dozen times as I have, this film isn't even close measuring up. Mark Wahlberg is no Cary Grant; Thandie Newton is no Audry Hepburn and Tim Robbins in no Walter Matthau.Why settle for second-rate after having first-rate? I mean, why even bother? It's not like you are updating some old black-and-white movie to accommodate today's crowd which won't look at B&W. The original still looks good (on the Criterion DVD).

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