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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1   "The chemistry between Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton generates a mere tingle -- not even close to those exciting sparks between Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2/4 "The soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun, too."   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 2.5/4 "...an agreeable enough way to spend two hours."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair "... yet another remake of a perfectly fine movie that should have been left alone."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor B "Demme's film looks very French, and appears as appetizing as a croissant."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "There are singular moments of quirky inspiration,... however, at the service of a decidedly empty final product."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3.5/4 "The Truth About Charlie might be the greatest valentine to the cinema since Godard's A Woman is a Woman."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez D "Flat, pointless and unexciting."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to, but its energy can’t compare to the wit, humor and snappy dialogue of the original. If I want music, I’ll buy the soundtrack. If I want a real movie, I’ll buy the Criterion DVD."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "A hyperactive, exuberant, amusing flight of fancy."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "Graceless and inelegant...the sad truth about 'Charlie' is that while it isn't a complete travesty, it would have been better left unmade."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek C "The ideas behind this Charlie are far more fascinating than their execution proves to be."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "Newton draws our attention like a magnet, and acts circles around her better known co-star, Mark Wahlberg."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/5 "Jonathan Demme's fumbled remake of Charade tries to mix old-fashioned champagne romance with straight-from-the-bottle swigs of New Wave style."   Netflix   James Rocchi 5/10 "Boring and meandering."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3.5/4 "Fortunately, the almost tangible romantic mood and the wonderful soundtrack are more than enough to sustain the viewer through [its] mildly lumbering, more densely plotted sections. This is quite clearly one of Hollywood's top releases thus far this year."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 4/10 "It never has a consistent tone. In fact, it never settles on one or any particular genre for that matter."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/10 "I was about as confused as the folks charging up the aisle on their way out of the theater."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 6/10 "Walhberg couldn't carry Grant's arsenic or old lace."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 5/5 "The truth about Charlie is that there's so much more here than you've been led to believe."   ToxicUniverse.com   Keith Uhlich 1/4 "Who knew Jonathan Demme had such a crapterpiece in him?"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ "fresh, jazzy and fun"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/5 "The kind of spectacularly misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "Demme makes a passable thriller out of this remake"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "In any right-thinking universe, no one would attempt to shoehorn Wahlberg into a Cary Grant role."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/5 "I can’t figure out how a studio decided to take “Charade,” one of the world’s most delectable movies, and remake it without a single one of the ingredients that made it great."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow B "[Demme] creates a film that is both traditional, in keeping with its source material, and new millennium hip."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 1.5/5 "Demme's visual experiments ultimately can't disguise the fact that he's working from an overly complex and ultimately illogical script."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 2/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 7/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 35% Rotten Page   1