I love this film...smart, slick, funny and an intriguing storyline. I would rate it up there with North by Northwest (also a personal favourite), but this one is not nearly as widely known.
Peter Joshua
It's a good movie. I liked it since when I was kid and saw it on TV. But maybe that is the problem. It had a sort of childish juvenile quality to it. I don't mean to be derisive, like I said, I love this movie, but it's not really a ground-breaking or great movie, but it is very fun ... at least the first time you see it. It was a general PG type of movie, like "Father Goose" another Cary Grant movie that is one of my favorites.
shareI wouldn't call it juvenile, but it definitely is frothy compared to something like NORTH BY NORTHWEST. There's no real subtext to the narrative and there's a cuteness to the treatment of the material that some might not take to. However, this frothiness is what makes the movie appealing for most, me included.
shareEven though I can see many flaws in it... Charade is my favorite film of all time.
It reminds me of movies like The Thomas Crown Affair (both versions), James Bond movies, Mission: Impossible movies... rich man and woman, thriller, fancy-exotic locations, chemistry, romance, danger involving the leads... I love those elements.
Me too. This movie is pure escapism. I don't really care that it doesn't have any Hitchcockian/Freudian meta-narratives or that it is essentially froth. It's a fun movie.
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