venaxis Review of Charlie Countryman

Charlie Countryman (2013)

A mild cocktail of romance, comedy, and drama.

[7/10 · 26 February 2014]

This film caught my attention to its well-done musical score from beginning to end. The film combines romance, comedy, crime, and drama altogether stunningly. The choice of Mads Mikkelsen as the villain character was great, same thing goes to the other secondary actors in their roles, but I can't say the same thing about Shia LaBeouf's performance as the lead character, Charlie Countryman. I felt as if he lacked a certain amount of character depth in his role, as if he was playing one of the characters from his other movies. For some reason it reminded me of Bee Vang's performance as Thao in Gran Torino. Even though Shia's role was a big downer for me, I enjoyed watching this film nonetheless. It's worth watching if you like romantic dramas with a tint of comedy.