The Truth About Charlie

The plot is essentially a backdrop, as it was in "Charade," for Paris, suspense, romance and star power -- 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.Read Full Review »

The closer you get to sorting out the truth, the less likely you are to believe it, let alone comprehend it. The latter half of this movie is as outlandish as a Mexican soap opera.Read Full Review »

It’s a movie for movie lovers -- playful, hip and light as a feather.Read Full Review »

It's not a great film but it's pure pleasure.Read Full Review »

I wish it were as much fun as its prospectus. The truth is that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome.Read Full Review »

You may be taken by the director's enormous enthusiasm, but the picture doesn't quite work.Read Full Review »

As utterly disastrous movies go, this one's really got something.Read Full Review »

Newton may not be a great actor, either, but she's full of life and charm. She's the only thing holding this movie together at all.Read Full Review »

Neither the script nor the direction nor the acting has been able to make these characters into ones we want to invest ourselves in. The Truth About Charlie is one very busy film, but it's really not going anywhere.Read Full Review »

The trouble with The Truth About Charlie is that it really is after the truth about Charlie, a character we could hardly give a damn about. The only charade is the illusion that we might actually be entertained.Read Full Review »