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Charlie Countryman
Fredrik Bond

Charlie Countryman

  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Thriller

The only way to save the one you love, is to die.

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RELEASE

2013-02-09

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

108 min

Description

While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.

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r96sk

@r96sk

There's a good movie in there, though <em>'Charlie Countryman'</em> is weakened by a few of its elements.

Visually I enjoyed it, but the pace of the around 100 minute run time isn't the best. The story is hit-and-miss, there's certainly a plot in there somewhere that could be entertaining but it always feels held back by something... I think the love story kinda took me out of it a few times, especially as I didn't overly like (but didn't dislike) the performances of Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood; LaBeouf is noteworthy emotionally at the beginning, though.

Mads Mikkelsen is the standout in my opinion, a fun performance from him. James Buckley and Rupert Grint, meanwhile, serve as decent comedic relief. Aubrey Plaza has a very minor (too minor) a role, while newcomer at the time Vanessa Kirby appears momentarily. It's a shame they ended up cutting John Hurt's narration, which could've been cool.