Newton's a radiant beam of beguiling star power in this stylish muddle.
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 130
Fresh: 43
Rotten:87
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus: Newton has star quality, but this exercise in style can't hold a candle to the original.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some violence and sexual content/nudity
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Oct 25, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $5,293,525
Synopsis:
An exhilarating combination of romance and suspense ignites sparks of all kinds against the backdrop of an edgy, modern Paris in The Truth About Charlie, Academy Award®-winning director...
An exhilarating combination of romance and suspense ignites sparks of all kinds against the backdrop of an edgy, modern Paris in The Truth About Charlie, Academy Award®-winning director Jonathan Demme’s fresh take on the 1963 Stanley Donen film Charade.
Regina Lambert (Thandie Newton) meets the charming Joshua Peters (Mark Wahlberg) while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to the enigmatic Charlie (Stephen Dillane). But upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been mysteriously murdered. A trio of his old cohorts (Joonh-Hoon Park, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton) has begun shadowing her in hopes of answering their own questions about Charlie and recovering a bundle of missing cash. Joshua is in Paris now, too, and ready to offer any help he can.
The more Reggie learns, the more she must find out to fill in the missing pieces of this puzzle and to protect herself from ever-increasing danger. Joshua lays a growing claim on her affection, even as disturbing information about him surfaces and undermines her trust. Hard-edged Commandant Dominique (Christine Boison) thinks Reggie herself is the most likely suspect. The attentions of a straight-laced embassy official (Tim Robbins) make Reggie’s situation even more complicated. But all she can do is carry on with the knowledge that in life, as in love, nothing is ever as simple as it seems. -- © Universal Pictures
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Joong-Hoon Park
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Joong-Hoon Park, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Christine Boisson, Stephen Dillane
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriter: Jonathan Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua, Jessica Bendinger
Producer: Jonathan Demme, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon
Composer: Rachel Portman
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Reviews for The Truth About Charlie
... a story as mixed up (yet with an outcome as predictable) as a plate of spaghetti.
Apaixonado por sua própria ‘sabedoria’ ao transformar esta refilmagem em uma homenagem ŕ nouvelle vague, Demme cria um filme irritante e confuso em seu tom e em seus propósitos, prejudicando-se ainda mais em funçăo da péssima performance de Newton.
Demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack.
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August 24, 2006:
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April 24, 2002:
The story was interesting and suspenseful, but a few key elements detracted from making The Truth About Charlie a memorable film. ![]()
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