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I realize that Mark Wahlberg is not Cary Grant, but shouldn't there be some compensating reason for his presence in this movie?

-Peter RainerFull Review

The truth is that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome.

-David EdelsteinFull Review

It's a forgery that diminishes not only the originality and pleasure of the film it copies, but also the entire school of filmmaking it wants to emulate.

-Rex ReedFull Review

May not be and should not be everyone's cup of tea, but at the end of it, I felt a guilty affection for all its participants.

-Andrew SarrisFull Review

The affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to Demme's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects.

-Michael AtkinsonFull Review

The Truth About Charlie isn't stupid or dull, but it has just too many flaws for me to recommend it.

-Richard RoeperFull Review

It almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us.

-Robert Denerstein

Newton draws our attention like a magnet, and acts circles around her better known co-star, Mark Wahlberg.

-James BerardinelliFull Review

At once listless and overheated, giddy and utterly zipless.

-Ann Hornaday

An uneven but engaging remake of the 1963 romantic caper Charade.

-Peter HowellFull Review

Charade was magic; Charlie isn't, but it's a pleasant Paris-flavored treat, beret or no.

-Moira MacDonaldFull Review

It's a sometimes interesting remake that doesn't compare to the brilliant original.

-Jonathan CurielFull Review

I just sort of went along for the quasi-enjoyable ride in The Truth About Charlie, crappy and nonsensical as it may be on the whole.

-Andrew O'HehirFull Review

Just one bad idea after another.

-Joe BaltakeFull Review

Demme can't sustain the fizz, but seeing a real filmmaker try and fall short is still more fun than watching a hack hit the mark.

-Peter Travers

A movie that, rather than skip along the Seine, more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris, tongue uncomfortably in cheek.

-John AndersonFull Review

Entertaining but instantly forgettable.

-Lou Lumenick

There is a light, carefree bounce to much of Charlie that makes the film a rollicking good time even after its plot has become a drag.

-Rene RodriguezFull Review

Not counting a few gross-out comedies I've been trying to forget, this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes.

-Eric HarrisonFull Review

Where a melting little meringue is wanted, Demme delivers a big, doughy sticky-bun of a movie, stuffed with little currants of other films.

-Liam LaceyFull Review

An almost dizzying experience, but pleasantly so.

-Susan StarkFull Review

No matter how you slice it, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton are not Hepburn and Grant, two cinematic icons with chemistry galore.

-(CNN.com) Paul ClintonFull Review

No matter how you slice it, Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton are not Hepburn and Grant, two cinematic icons with chemistry galore.

-Paul Clinton (CNN.com)Full Review

If it is true that there will never be another Audrey Hepburn, and it is, I submit it is also true that there will never be another Thandie Newton.

-Roger EbertFull Review

It's messy in the best and worst ways -- tremendously vivid but narratively overwrought.

-Wesley MorrisFull Review

Apparently, Charade is one of Jonathan Demme's favorite films. So he decided to ruin it.

-Bill Muller

Most of the film's allure comes from the sensual, butter-voiced Thandie Newton; with her, Mr. Demme has found the 21st-century corollary to Audrey Hepburn.

-Elvis MitchellFull Review


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