Charlie Countryman

Name: Charlie Countryman
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 15, 2013
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 31
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, Shia LaBeouf, Til Schweiger

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Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: November 15, 2013 | NC-17

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, Shia LaBeouf, Til Schweiger

Summary: When his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie (Shia LaBeouf) immediately boards a plane across the Atlantic. But when he meets a fellow passenger, Charlie finds himself with another promise to fulfill.

Director: Fredrik Bond

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance

Rating: NC-17

Runtime: 108 min

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Justin Lowe

Oct 11, 2013

Fredrik Bond makes a promising feature debut with this fanciful crime-drama romance that gratifyingly eschews strict genre classification. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Nov 12, 2013

The bad guys really stand out, with Mikkelsen pulling off something he never managed as a Bond villain. He’s genuinely frightening. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Nov 14, 2013

We could have lived without another ’90s-influenced exercise in gritty wonderment. But thanks to a perfectly-matched lead, Shia LaBeouf, the movie makes enough impact to justify its existence. Read full review

Nick McCarthy

Nov 12, 2013

An egregious entry into the pantheon of films about white Americans traveling to exotic lands in search of identity and soul-searching adventure. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Nov 14, 2013

Charlie Countryman feels like the cinematic equivalent of a dodgy first novel, the kind authors write when they’re young and full of romance, hubris, and pretension—then look back on later in life with something approaching mortification. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Nov 15, 2013

Every now and then, one comes across an indie film that's so showily awful, so drenched in bathos and cliché, and yet features such a uniformly sharp cast that you have to wonder: "What is it with actors?" Or, if one already knows what it is with actors, "Did this material actually look good on paper?" The heavy-sigh-inducing Charlie Countryman is just such a motion picture. Read full review

Film.com Jordan Hoffman

Oct 11, 2013

A pastiche of bad film cliches and scenes devoid of any real conflict or character development. Read full review

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Jamie391

Nov 16, 2013

Charlie Countryman is just a fantastic movie.
The cast are great with Shia Labeouf, Evan Rachel Wood and Mads Mikkelsenm playing spectacular roles as the main characters. They fill the roles with so much passion and emotion, this is what really helps to connect to a movie of this sort.
ICharlie Countryman is just a fantastic movie.
The cast are great with Shia Labeouf, Evan Rachel Wood and Mads Mikkelsenm playing spectacular roles as the main characters. They fill the roles with so much passion and emotion, this is what really helps to connect to a movie of this sort.
I must also say that the music fitted in perfectly well with the screenplay and it also brought in such an amazing feeling and connectivity as I watched.
There just a real depth and richness about this movie that so many movies fail to capture these days.
All things into account, Charlie Countryman 10/10… Expand

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AKINWHALE

Nov 15, 2013

I honestly don't see where all the negativity is coming from. It is one of the best movies i have ever watched, great music, great photography and great actors.
Its a easy 10/10

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grahamswagg

Jul 7, 2014

Did you like Drive? Did you like Spring Breakers? This movie is very similar. Great music, simplistic writing, and great cinematography. Taste is relative. If you like movies similar to the two I mentioned then you will probably like this one. It is less serious than Drive and more seriousDid you like Drive? Did you like Spring Breakers? This movie is very similar. Great music, simplistic writing, and great cinematography. Taste is relative. If you like movies similar to the two I mentioned then you will probably like this one. It is less serious than Drive and more serious than Spring Breakers. The cast is great, the music is great, and the movie is great for the type of movie that it is. It's a love story through and through. A young man travels to Romania on a whim and holds on to the love he finds no matter the cost. Loss, love, and sacrifice are all strong elements of this movie. I thoroughly recommend it.… Expand

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jzme

Nov 21, 2013

I personally like this movie but I probably am bias because I adore Shia Lebeouf. He is brilliant by the way & surely, one of the best actors in this generation. I like the dream like essence of this movie, but the plot didn't give enough details to how things happened. Everything kind ofI personally like this movie but I probably am bias because I adore Shia Lebeouf. He is brilliant by the way & surely, one of the best actors in this generation. I like the dream like essence of this movie, but the plot didn't give enough details to how things happened. Everything kind of happened too quickly and was more of a touch and go. But way to go Shia, I see a bright future ahead of him, and Oscars are on the way.… Expand

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Thegodfatherson

Nov 16, 2013

With a moody score and lighting that blooms off the screen, Charlie Countryman is rarely gripping, but its enigmatic nature and overt charm should be enough to keep minds from wandering.

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LeZee

Jan 25, 2014

Not good as I expected, but okay. Even the performances were not much recognizable, but the characters were very catchy for the uniqueness. In this movie, everything was about the strange and weird way of story telling. The mix between fantasy and realistic was well done. Something wasNot good as I expected, but okay. Even the performances were not much recognizable, but the characters were very catchy for the uniqueness. In this movie, everything was about the strange and weird way of story telling. The mix between fantasy and realistic was well done. Something was lacking in the movie, it got a stylish presentation, but not the proper scenes in many portions. But still enjoyable like having two minds about it.

It tells the story of a young man Charlie Country. After his mother who was in coma dies, he leaves the country to spend few days in Romania. Then he meets a girls Gabi and falls in love without knowing her background. Like the movie 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' he has to face his strong opponent to win her. As he knows the risk how smart he would act to gain his desired girl is the movie of the rest.

I did not find any similarity in the interaction between the characters Charlie and Gabi, what we call it a chemistry, right!. One of the major problems the movie had along in my opinion. Other than that I liked Gabi as individually, she was very attractive in the role and costume. Mikkelsen was as usual very good. His role was a major one, but did not have sufficient screen space. And Shia were okay, sometime, in some parts I thought he overdone the role Charlie. Overall, I find it a good movie, but not the best.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 6, 2017

There are many reasons why this film is too frenetic and poorly executed, seems more like an experiment than a coherent or functional story, leaves much to be desired and makes clear that it was an unnecessary and unimportant film.

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