The jury is still out, but I seriously think “The Truth About Charlie” may be one of the 10 worst movies I’ve ever seen. Jonathan Demme should be ashamed. In the first hour I repeatedly thought, while huffily checking my watch, “This is the most boring movie I’ve ever seen.” The ludicrous image of Mark Wahlberg wearing, variously, a beret and a fedora didn’t help. Then things got seriously stupid, random, insane and meaningless. The direction, the acting, the pacing, the script itself were all mind-blowingly horrible.
The luminous Thandie Newton deserves much better, and Marky Mark should rethink doing romantic parts – there was absolutely no chemistry between them. (Maybe he should just break down and do a romantic comedy with George Clooney.)
For some reason this experience reminded me of another one of the handful of times I contemplated walking out of a movie (I’ve never actually done it): “Ricochet,” where Denzel Washington tries to catch John Lithgow before he kills anyone else with a power drill.
“Ricochet” was better than this.
This is the remake of Charade, right? Have you seen Charade? Charade is quality entertainment. I refuse to write a sentence which doesn’t contain the word Charade.
Ah, but how does it compare with Troll 2?
Charade is one of my favorite movies — clever, funny, and such a homage to Hitchcock. I’m hoping I get a DVD to replace my very worn VHS copy this Christmas.
Thanks for the warning, Adam. I DO walk out of movies, and this might save me some money. It sounds like this one will make it to the movie channels quickly.
Troll 2 is so bad it’s great. (I’m thinking of hosting a party where we watch and marvel at it.) This movie is so bad you want to run screaming from the theater. Different animals altogether.