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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Best movie ever!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Don't waste your time on this one. Not even on dvd

I count three times that Mark Wahlberg has taken parts that were originally done by stars from old Hollywood. He was the astronaut taking Charlton Heston's role in the remake of Planet Of The Apes. He played John Wayne's role in the urban remake of The Sons Of Katie Elder, Four Sons. Finally in this film, Wahlberg tries out playing the many named man that Cary Grant played in Charade. As in Charade, do we ever know The Truth About Charlie.Three different icons with three different personalities. Well at least he didn't try to imitate Cary Grant in The Truth About Charlie. Mark was his own man here and frankly he's the best thing about this film. Thandie Newton never seemed as vulnerable as Audrey Hepburn in the original. And Tim Robbins was absolutely colorless as the fake CIA man, not a patch on Walter Matthau.But the biggest error was the elimination of those colorful conspirators George Kennedy, James Coburn, and Ned Glass from the original. Those guys added so much to Charade.Not to mention the style and glamor that Stanley Donen brought to Charade has been boiled right out of this film. Jonathan Demme who got such acclaim for Silence Of The Lambs was the man at the helm. None of these people qualify as a Hannibal the Cannibal type villain. I think he forgot what picture he was on.Fans of the original will be sadly disappointed.

There are some films that just shouldn't be re-made. Ben-Hur springs to mind, along with Metropolis, and probably the best of Bogie (with or without Bacall). This was another.I *think* Demme was trying to give Charade a new "voice", but he fails almost immediately by showing us Charles Lampert's demise; when in the original it was the fact that we DON'T know what happened to him that adds to the whole bewilderment for Regina - not to mention the loony (though menacing) baddies, and the bizarre ways they were bumped off.It's also arguable that the original wasn't worth repeating anyway since, at best, it was beautifully done piece of fluff with 3 stars - Hepburn, Grant and Paris - doing what they were known for and did best. This version is much darker, and so misses out on the stylish, chocolate-box feel of the original. Even Paris manages to look dismal.All of which is a great pity because Thandie Newton is a good actress, and was probably at her most gorgeous at this time. And with a lighter touch, Mark Wahlberg might have been given the chance to be the proper leading man he shows glimpses of.Lastly: No kid - who was *pivotal* (if somewhat annoying) in the original. The whole market scene was completely wasted. And boy, did I miss Henry Mancini.So, all in all: A disappointment - even though I'd read a few of the comments before I watched it, so I wasn't expecting much.Unfortunately, they were right.

What everyone really needs to realize is that The Truth About Charlie WAS a remake of Charade. As all remakes, they are basing the movie on the original. So one has every right to compare The Truth About Charlie to Charade. And, when it comes down to it, The Truth About Charlie just falls flat.I did have the pleasure (and handicap) of watching Charade before the remake. Both were watched in my "Literature in the Media" class, and we were required to write a comparison, with no bias from the teacher at all. And guess what? The entire class wrote how better composed the original was, and how the new movie was corny in and of its own. And even all of the students who missed the viewing of Charade still thought it stunk.Watching the remake was hilarious throughout the beginning because of how it was just so corny. And then after all of the bad acting hilarity, we were met with a very convoluted climax. But it was short lived, and after Dyle's death wail and fancy gun skills were released, the movie got right back to being funny with the random singing and teleporting guy singing at the end. Would be a great comedy if that was what they were aiming for. (Which, by the way, they were not.)Some things that bothered me the most were:-The character of Reggie: In the remake, they completely changed the persona of Reggie. In Charade, Reggie was clueless but intelligent, naughty but not horny. Only similarity the new Reggie had was that she was also clueless. Though Thandie Newton is OK looking and an OK actor, I wouldn't be able to tell through this movie.-The unruliness of Marky Mark: In the old movie, Peter Joshua (or was it Joshua Peters?) was cool. He was mysterious and you couldn't tell whether he was good or bad up until the end of the movie. In The Truth, right from the get go you know that Cary Grant is good, you just don't know what he's up to. It made the movie predictable and kind of flat.-Political Correctness: Wow, what the heck? Crazy how, that in France, an group of ex-soldiers that are Asian, African-American, and (crazy) Caucasian work with an African-British lady (who is helping out a (creepy) Caucasian secret agent) and her (wanna be cool) Caucasian friend/lover find out about Charlie, a Swiss, and his money. And don't forget about the help of the French police. Wow, am I watching Barney? Realism, say "by by."-Boob lady in the beginning: I am a dude, and I enjoy the occasional flash, it's true. But it seems that the writers knew that this movie was going to be less than great, so they just threw in a nice, uh, "pair" in the beginning of the movie just to keep those type of viewers hoping for more, and this random nudity made me more critical of the movie. I can truthfully tell you, a few people in my class were complaining about the lack of nudity they expected because of the beginning flash-age. And, I hope to God, that the lady in the beginning is not the same lady who "helps" the Asian guy at the end, because if it was, I don't know what I'll do.-Music: Arabian Gangster Rap? Is that even a Genre?-The addition of the "crazy lady mother": It seemed like the writers for the remake needed some deus ex machina character to solve random loop holes so they threw her in, and by her I mean Charlie's mother (who is crazy enough to be just some random lady who thinks she's his mother). Can anyone say random? She is not introduced or explained very well and pops up randomly. The kicker is she kills a lady, and yet is allowed to serve (and somehow poison) food at the uni-sex prison she was apparently sent to/works at. And, talking about her and the poison, what the heck was that ending? What kind of poison makes you violently wail before dying? And why the heck, after the whole happy song ending, did they add the lady poisoning Dyle (who mind you wasn't really that bad of a guy)? If you liked this movie, it's probably because you didn't watch it past the credits, because that part killed the entire movie. I mean they freeze frame on her freakin' smiling face. C'mon!Favorite part of movie: (Reggie throws *6 million dollar* stamps into fire)PJ or JP: (Speaking like a little girl) "Reggie! I can't believe you did that!Dyle: I can! (laughs)me: (in disgust) Oh-my-Lord...PS: If you liked the movie, you liked it because it was funny, right?