Charade

Pros: Grant and Hepburn. Suspenseful, entertaining movie.
Cons: Predictable in places.

I watch a lot of movies and many of them aren’t the newest releases. When I’m doing things around the house, I have the television on in the background. If I see something interesting, I’ll pay more attention to it. That is how I have seen many older ...

Pros: A truly enjoyable film
Cons: Has many flaws

Throughout their careers, both Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn had huge fan support throughout their acting careers and they both have a comprehensive list of famous films to their names (with Grant their is North by Northwest, An Affair to...

Pros: Erm... Matthau was pretty good...
Cons: ... bad film, lousy DVD print.

When Regina (Audrey Hepburn)’s husband dies, all sorts of strange things happen. Her late husband had been converting all of his goods into cash shortly before he died, but the money has also disappeared. When Regina meets Peter Joshua (Cary Grant), ...

Pros: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Matthau and the Story
Cons: (Listen to those accents!) George Kennedy's hook.

In a totally fun mystery/comedy/pre-spy era, it is easy to see how Cary Grant was the icon upon which the super-spy movie era developed. Who after all, was cooler, better looking, or more sophisticated? He was 60 years old when he made this movie,...

Pros: Grant, Hepburn
Cons: Jokes, plot twists

Charade is an Alfred Hitchcock want-to-be. It’s a movie that should just kick back and relax, but instead it parades around in its insecurity. Hitchcock was a master of combining suspense, mystery, and a touch of humor here and there. ...

Pros: Everything but one thing
Cons: One death-scene looks fake.

Can a movie have more charm than this? Plot: In a now-dated story, this 1963 Stanley Donen film gives us the tale of Regina “Reggie” Lambert who, while vacationing in the Alps, meets a handsome, charming stranger, Peter Joshua. When Reggie ...

Pros: Cary, Cary, Cary
Cons: Absolutely Nothing

When Cary Grant died, most of his obituary writers went to 1963’s Charade to find the two lines that best defined the suave actor. Both dialogue gems were delivered by Audrey Hepburn, both in the same scene.

Grant, then in the December...

Pros: Strong performances and great dialogue . . .
Cons: . . . from stock characters in a formulaic story.

Although its plot could more properly be called 'comatose' than 'tired,' Charade is proof that gifted actors, an inspired director, crackling dialogue, and a captivating score by a composer like Mancini at the top of his game are more important to...

Pros: Brilliant plot, great characters, good acting, a little something for everyone.
Cons: None

I remember seeing this movie when I was a little kid and I was always enthralled with the story of espionage and danger. Charade, released in the later part of Cary Grant's impressive career pairs the gentleman with fair lady Audrey Hepburn. The result ...

Pros: great story, acting, atmosphere
Cons: maybe too violent?

No one has ever been more luminous on screen than Audrey
Hepburn. She was astonishing in a way no modern movie idol can
hope to emulate. Combined with the charm, even late
middle-aged charm, of the cleft-chinned Cary Grant, plus a...

Pros: What isn't good.
Cons: Absolutely nothing goes here.

Quick Facts Title:Charade Year of Release:1963 Genre:Mystery/Romance Length:113 minutes Introduction I don't know how you could not want to watch any movie in which Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant are ...

Pros: great cast, fab storyline, quality dialogue, basically everything top notch
Cons: quality and variety of releases onto DVD vary widely

"When we played our Charade we were like children posing Playing at games, acting out names, guessing the parts we played" The Film Regina Lambert is holidaying at a ski resort with her friend when she first encounters a man calling himself Peter ...

Pros: perfect Hollywood filmmaking
Cons: doesn't actually break any new ground

“Charade” is a peculiar film because it represents the absolute best of Hollywood filmmaking without actually contributing anything to the history of cinema. It's a perfectly constructed entertainment film, perfectly perched in its time. It represents a...

Pros: production values, popular cast, crowd pleasing
Cons: 'by the numbers' romantic thriller, story has holes

The enduring popularity of Charade makes any criticism of the film nearly irrelevant. Most people who see the film will be so charmed that they won't care that it is a sleek star vehicle, that the plot is formulaic, or that the villains are...

Pros: Wonderful cast and characters, a few good twists, quaint Euro-settings
Cons: Might have been more suspenseful

I watched this jet-set comedy-thriller, very much the type they can hardly make anymore, because I'd heard that a remake starring Will Smith and Thandie Newton was in the planning stages, and I wanted to be an informed viewer. Star power is indeed...