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Summary: The Most important movie every made!!
Review: That's why I'd give it a zero if I could. It's just too important and deep for us mere mortals. Its a movie made for God's because aparently everything they say is important and has to be followed by long pauses.
This was the most pretentious drivel I've seen in a long time. Its one of those wannabe artists who try to make an 'important' film, by making everything serious. Get off it.
Do people really walk around moping all the time? The movie doesn't even make any sense. And the ending? Jeez.. It was like a really really bad asian version of Lost in Translation. Really bad. I seriously cannot comprehend how anyone with any artistic sense (mature artistic sense) could say this movie is any good. How? It is inconceivable that its won any type of awards. Though I suppose other wannabe artists gave it to them since it was such an important deep film about flaky people and their moping depressing relationships that go nowhere and make no sense. At least slap in some nudity to make the movie worth something!!
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Summary: Brilliant, moving film about relationships
Review: True, this is not everyone's cup of tea and maybe some people were expecting something else. Like Eric Byler (dir.) says, it's about people who hide more than they show and about the things left unsaid. There are dynamics because of a shared past between the characters that give the interactions a dimension that's unspoken but still affects the emotions of everyone involved. It's not plot-driven, but rather a film that's a 'slice-of-life', about the subtleties, performances, dialogue, lighting and such. The four main characters are very different from each other and each viewer will likely identify with one more than the others, as well as other family members and friends. The people in it are in a process of re-examining and changing what they consider important as well as who they want to be (and be with). It's the kind of film that stays with you and will be more enjoyable on repeat viewings (if you liked it to begin with). It's mainly about human interaction and the choices made. (No, there's no body count, gratuitous nudity, cussing, car chases nor violence....).
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Summary: I saw it on the big screen at SanFrancisco's Galaxy Theater!
Review: You wouldn't believe how many people showed up to see the premiere of Charlotte Sometimes at the Galaxy. I was lucky to get a seat, though it was near the front and the characters were were way larger than life. Nevertheless, I was quite excited to see a large Asian American cast in this movie which could've just starred actors of any race. The story is about complex relationships between adults; guy likes girl who has a boyfriend but can't do anything about it and gets setup with another girl who keeps herself aloof from him for a mysterious reason. For a movie that was made on a $20,000 budget it is pretty impressive. The bonus here of course is that both male leads in the movie are Asian with one being half American, no harm there since they are positively portrayed as sexual, responsible and just regular human beings capable of having a good time. I'd pick this movie any time over the anti-asian movie 'Joy Luck Club' made with millions of Hollywood dollars to insult Asian American and Asian men. A few words of advice I'd have for this movie is that you have to be a mature thinker. If you're Asian American, adjust your eyes because yes you're really seeing Asian Americans in this movie as they should be shown so GET USED TO IT!. As for those non-asians, you may be surprised to find that bad English accents and excessive bowing/ kowtowing and blonde haired blue eye heroes defeating dark haired villains are absent in this movie. Get the DVD, it's worth it! It comes with plenty of extras:
Additional DVD Release Material
Audio Commentary 1. Eric Byler (director), Michael Idemoto, Eugenia Yuan (stars)
Audio Commentary 2. Eric Byler (director), Jacqueline Kim, Matt
Westmore (stars)
Q&A Session Moderated by Roger Ebert, w/ Byler, Idemoto, Kim
Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Bloopers, Interviews Charlotte Sometimes can be found at most retail outlets from circuitcity.com to border's. Or just order it here from Amazon, have it shipped to you and forget the hassle of tracking it down.
www.charlottesometimesthemovie.com
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