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Title: Do We Care?
Review: The film is a remake of the Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant classic, Charade. Regina (Newton), Charlie's wife, comes home from vacation to find her home completely empty and her husband murdered. Some very nasty characters, apparently her husband's former colleagues, believe she is in possession of a very valuable item. Regina no longer feels safe and, just then, in steps the handsome stranger (Wahlberg), to her rescue. This sounds like the original, correct?Well, The Truth About Charlie is that Johnathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) should have left Peter Stone's original screenplay alone. This remake is disjointed and badly acted. Newton's performance is weak, Wahlberg is stiff, and halfway into the movie you don't care what the truth about Charlie is....you just want to return the film.Buy this DVD as cheaply as possible, only because it includes a copy of Charade on the flip side. If this version is not available, purchase the original.
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