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The Truth about Charlie, 2002

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton

Directed by: Jonathan Demme

Written by: Jonathan Demme

Language: English, French, Arabic

Country: USA, Germany

Runtime: 104 min

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Rating:4.7

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The mood of The Truth about Charlie is suspenseful, clever, and stylized. The plot centers around hidden identities, a woman in danger, and cons and scams. It is a romance, mystery, and thriller movie. In approach, The Truth about Charlie is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a bank. The setting is Paris. The Truth about Charlie happens in contemporary times. It is a remake. It is especially suggested for a date night.

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Jonathan Demme's THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a swirling romantic suspense thriller, a remake of the 1963 Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn vehicle, CHARADE. Set in Paris, the film stars Thandie Newton as a British ex-pat whose art dealer husband is murdered while she's on vacation. Arriving home, she is met with an empty apartment, the French police, and an array of mysterious thugs who believe she knows where her husband stashed six million stolen dollars. Mark Wahlberg plays the handsome, beret-sporting stranger who comes to her rescue, but who may not be what he seems. Special mention goes to Tim Robbins as a shadowy American agent, and Christine Boisson as the cool-as-nails police commandant trying to get to the bottom of the matter.

Demme's direction pulls out all the stops here, with dizzying camerawork, experimental flash-forwards and insane editing. It's a return to the Oscar-winner's pre-SILENCE OF THE LAMBS days, when his specialty were cameo-studded, pop-infused romantic comedy thrillers like MARRIED TO THE MOB and SOMETHING WILD. This time the cameos celebrate the 1960's French New Wave cinema with appearances by crooner Charles Aznavour, director Agnes Varda, and--singing a mad tango--ex-Godard icon Anna Karina.

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Language:	English, French, Arabic
Country:	USA, Germany
Release date:	16 October 2002
Runtime:	104 min

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Mark Wahlberg

as Joshua Peters

Thandie Newton

as Regina Lambert

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Variety

Dazzlingly nimble and light on its feet, this breezy but densely textured love letter to modern, multicultural Paris in the guise of a romantic suspenser returns its director to the vibrant vein of his pre-Oscar work in "Something Wild" and "Married... Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Though indisputably a thriller, Charlie abandons itself to little cinematic rhapsodies, self-reflexive asides, and montages of Paris locations cued to a soundtrack of cool French pop, all of which often seems more vital than the main order of... Full Review

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by: Keith Phipps

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This is a TWO-SIDED disc. The old Charade on one side and the new "Charlie" on the other! The sixties one is fantastic and the remake is pretty but seeing Wahlberg in all those hats just didn't work! He's not a leading man. Read and rate it

20.September.2010
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by: felixxx999
felixxx999 rated this movie0/10

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