The Truth About Charlie
by Jonathan Demme
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Actor: Christine Boisson, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Dillane, Thandie Newton, Tim RobbinsDirector: Jonathan Demme
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-06-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Truth About Charlie
Movie Review: The 5 Stars Are For The Classic Charade Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was in a record store looking at the used DVD's they had for sale and I saw this DVD and the price was very reasonable especially for one of the bonus features which is an anamorphic widescreen version of Charade that has good picture quality and is on the other side of this Truth about Charlie DVD. The Truth about Charlie is okay and the acting from Thandie Newton, Mark Wahlberg, and Tim Robbins is good but the plot which has it's okay moments is kind of uneven and rushed and of course is nowhere near as good as Charade which is a fantastic movie but it was so worth buying this DVD just to get a nice copy of that gem! Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant are wonderful and charming and Walter Matthau was also very good and so were James Coburn and George Kennedy who were the best of the villains. I was going to buy the Criterion Widescreen Charade DVD but it went out of print and the last time I was looking to buy it used the lowest price was 50 dollars so I bought this used Truth About Charlie/Charade DVD instead and the 5 stars is for Charade while if I was just rating The Truth About Charlie I would give it 3 stars for the good acting from Thandie Newton, Mark Wahlberg and Tim Robbins but I wouldn't rate it more then 3 stars because of the uneven plot. After I bought this DVD I found out that Criterion had made a new anamorphic Widescreen DVD for Charade and I would have bought it but Criterion DVD's are too expensive! BTW: the Paris location scenes in both movies are wonderful!
Summary of The Truth About Charlie
TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE - DVD MovieIt seems blasphemous to remake Stanley Donen's classic romantic thriller Charade, but The Truth About Charlie achieves its own unique identity. Rather than mimic the inimitable chemistry of the original, director Jonathan Demme takes a vividly contemporary approach, with Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton well cast in roles originated by Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The plot's essentially the same, kicking into high gear when Newton--the unwitting courier of a priceless treasure--is chased around Paris by her murdered husband's military cohorts, an avuncular embassy official (Tim Robbins), and a suave stranger (Wahlberg) whose true identity remains elusive. In a film filled with twists and turns, Demme fails to find a consistent tone of humor, romance, and danger. But he's crafted a peculiar Parisian valentine, seasoned with Gallic cameos (singer Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina, director Agnès Varda) and vibrantly alive with music, style, and forward momentum. Charade it's not, but that's not necessarily a complaint. --Jeff Shannon
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