The Truth About Charlie
From the Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs), and starring Mark Wahlberg (Planet of the Apes), Thandie Newton (Mission: Impossible II) and Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption), The Truth About Charlie is an explosive re-make of the original hit thriller, Charade.
Regina (Newton) returns home from vacation to find her husband Charlie murdered and three violent strangers claiming Charlies cheated them out of millions. But when she accepts the help of a mysterious stranger (Wahlberg), Regina plunges into a world where double-cross turns to triple-cross and trust turns into the deadliest weapon of all. A spectacular roller coaster thrill ride, The Truth About Charlie will keep you guessing right up to the gripping conclusion!
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Different - RV_BOLO
Unlike the other reviewers, I have not seen the original French movie this was based on. It is included with the DVD, at least the copy I got, but I did not have time to watch both, only the remake. It was different, if a little convoluted, but comes together in the end. I am not sure why they had to come up with a non-existant government agency when the CIA would have done, and the military costuming was pathetic, but the story was engaging and entertaining. I'd give it 3.5 stars if this system allowed, it's not a 3 or 4 star.Suffers from a poorly realized climax. Plodding piece of prolonged, unwieldy dialogue - aj79
Why would anyone want to do a remake of ''Charade,'' the 1963 booby-trapped romantic thriller that always played like a Hitchcock movie in cement shoes? Director Jonathan Demme must have been looking for something light and lively after ''Beloved'' (1998), but The Truth About Charlie is an oddball diversion indeed. It's a caper that twists itself into knots to look fancier and more mod than a mere caper. Shooting in Paris, Demme has crafted the entire film with a handheld camera and frantic jump cuts, in the manner of some arty new-wave documentary, and he has cast the gravely gorgeous Thandie Newton in the role once played by Audrey Hepburn, getting her to act not like a perky gamine in distress but a dour woman in peril. The convoluted cloak-and-dagger plot is now padded out to include the war in Sarajevo. ''The Truth About Charlie'' isn't incompetent, exactly, yet it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun. The trouble with ''The Truth About Charlie'' is that it really is after the truth about Charlie, a character we could hardly give a damn about. The only charade is the illusion that we might actually be entertained.WHY?????????? - mermer87
When I first started to watch this movie I didn't know that they had taken the plot from Charade and "modernized" it. Once I realized that is what they had done I was not very happy. Why is it that hollywood thinks they should remake everything? Come up with an original idea already! There was no need to remake Charade it was a great movie with amazing actors/actresses. As much as I love Mark Wahlberg he is not Carey Grant. Leave the classics alone please!
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Different - RV_BOLO
Unlike the other reviewers, I have not seen the original French movie this was based on. It is included with the DVD, at least the copy I got, but I did not have time to watch both, only the remake. It was different, if a little convoluted, but comes together ...Suffers from a poorly realized climax. Plodding piece of prolonged, unwieldy dialogue - aj79
Why would anyone want to do a remake of ''Charade,'' the 1963 booby-trapped romantic thriller that always played like a Hitchcock movie in cement shoes? Director Jonathan Demme must have been looking for something light and lively after ''Beloved'' (1998), ...WHY?????????? - mermer87
When I first started to watch this movie I didn't know that they had taken the plot from Charade and "modernized" it. Once I realized that is what they had done I was not very happy. Why is it that hollywood thinks they should remake everything? Come up with ...