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Charade (1963)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2

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Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, Reggie is summoned to the embassy and warned by agent/friend Bartholemew (Walter Matthau) that her late husband helped steal 250,000 dollars during the war and that the rest of the gang is after the

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Peter Stone

Oct 14, 1997

Madacy Entertainment

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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (3) | DVD (29)

What's going on is sort of confused.

February 4, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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A terrifically entertaining comedy-thriller.

February 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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Firsttime teaming of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, a natural, gives the sophisticated romantic caper an international appeal, plus the selling points of adventure, suspense and suberb comedy.

December 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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I tell you, this light-hearted picture is full of such gruesome violence.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Made when the studio system was on its last legs, Charade still feels fresh, quick-witted, nothing like the artificial, airless Hollywood pictures of its time.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
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Stanley Donen's Charade, one of the great entertainments of the 1960s, finds its way onto Blu-ray with a spectacular visual transfer, courtesy of the unrivaled Criterion Collection.

September 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

It's glossy, charming, silly, and far too self-aware to be at all thrilling.

February 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment (1)
Empire Magazine

Charming comedy-romance-thriller pairing Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, intelligently scripted by Peter Stone and directed in distinctly Hitchcockian style by Stanley Donen.

February 4, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

even though the age difference is kinda weird the romance works

March 2, 2008 Comment

A smart Hitchcockian thriller.

April 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Smooth Donen thriller showcasing Cary and Audrey.

March 24, 2006 Comment
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Donen's typically slick comedy thriller, ingeniously scripted by Peter Stone, is a mammoth audience teaser.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Stanley Donen's stylishly elegant, largely entertaining romance-thriller teams Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn (then at the height of their careers) for the first and only time.

August 8, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Charade

I gotta be honest here and say that the first half hour of Charade sort of threw me for a loop. It seemed to have a difficult time at first establishing a tone. Whether that tone was mixed with comedy or drama, I wasn't entirely sure. However, once the film finally got going and settled in, it turned out to be

November 11, 2011
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Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

Perfect romantic-comedy-thriller classic entertainment. This is kind of a Hitchcock movie that set the standard for quality mystery films. It's a tasteful humour colourful characters and intelligent plot make Charade one of the best mystery movie ever made with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.The story's strength lies in

November 28, 2006
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Dean McKenna

Super Reviewer

    1. Regina Lampert: Adam Canfield? Wonderful! Do you realize you've had three names in the past two days? I don't even know who I'm talking to any more!
    – Submitted by Andy A (31 days ago)
    1. Regina Lampert: Hello, Mr. Dyle.
    2. Peter Joshua/Alexander Dyle/Adam Canfield/Brian Cruik: Regie?
    3. Regina Lampert: Well, that's the only name I've got.
    – Submitted by Andy A (31 days ago)
    1. Peter Joshua/Alexander Dyle/Adam Canfield/Brian Cruik: What do I have to do to satisfy you? Become the next victim?
    2. Regina Lampert: That's a start anyway.
    – Submitted by Andy A (31 days ago)
    1. Regina Lampert: I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else.
    2. Peter Joshua/Alexander Dyle/Adam Canfield/Brian Cruik: Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know.
    – Submitted by Andy A (31 days ago)
    1. Regina Lampert: I'm having a nervous breakdown.
    – Submitted by Susan B (5 months ago)

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