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Charade Reviews

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Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, Reggie is summoned to the .. Read more

Starring	Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn
Director	Stanley Donen
Genres	Comedy, Thriller

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Critic's review of Charade
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- Donen's typically slick comedy thriller, ingeniously scripted by Peter Stone, is a mammoth audience teaser, with a... read more on Time Out
- 52529
- - Time Out
  - 15 May 2009 at 01:08
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- - 23
  - 8
  Awful DVD.
  
  Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn are two of my favourite actors and so I relished the chance to see them together when I rented 'Charade'.
  
  30 ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol, England.
  - 09 Feb 2004 at 03:07
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- - 1
  - 0
  Light-hearted, funny and oh-so-stylish!
  
  This is actually my favourite Audrey Hepburn film - so many people love Breakfast at Tiffany's but I love Charade! It's got mystery and it keeps you ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 17 Apr 2012 at 20:07
- - 1
  - 0
  Great Story
  
  Great story, funny, beautiful Hepburn. They dont make them like this anymore. Great twist at the end. Cary Grant is a cool customer.
  
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- - sb347
  - 1 review
  - 08 Apr 2012 at 16:20
- - 1
  - 0
  5 stars
  
  I have been watching rubbish modern films lately and have to say that Charade was really excellent. The scenes in Paris, the Givenchy clothes and the ... read more »
  
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- 1105987
- - a customer
  - 26 Mar 2012 at 23:14
- - 1
  - 0
  Silly delight. "May I have a sandwich?"
  
  You're in safe hands here: Grant's (or is it Archie's?) familiar mixture of diffidence and concern, his sun-baked chops and cleft chin a pleasure to... read more »
  
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- 1094525
- - darri
  - 1 review
  - 19 Feb 2012 at 23:21
- - 0
  - 0
  A Real Classic
  
  I always thought this film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and after a look through IMDB the trivia is that almost everybody thinks the same.
  
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- - Sukhster
  - 9 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 18:25
- - 0
  - 0
  good enough film - terrible quality
  
  The film's enjoyable with Grant on fine form, although very silly and full of plot holes. But my, I thought it was a pirate copy the quality was so bad. I ... read more »
  
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  - swindon
  - 22 Nov 2011 at 21:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Classic Cool
  
  Classic Cary Grant and sparkling Audrey Hepburn in this comedy thriller with so many twists and turns that even when you already know the ending, you're ... read more »
  
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- 1047045
- - a customer
  - 02 Oct 2011 at 21:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Not THAT bad
  
  The quality of picture and sound is not THAT bad.
  
  There have been issues with copyright on this movie so plenty of second-rate prints abound, ... read more »
  
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- 1041968
- - Silverwood
  - 2 reviews
  - UK
  - 18 Sep 2011 at 13:58
- - 0
  - 0
  My kind of film!
  
  I loved it. I love Cary Grant and I especially love Audrey Hepburn, so was excited to watch this, and was right to, its great!
  
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- 1037290
- - chazzd91
  - 12 reviews
  - 05 Sep 2011 at 18:20
- - 0
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  A comedy thriller with more twists than a Helter Skelter
  
  Audrey Hepburn and Gary Grant play wonderfully off each other in this comedy thriller. The plot twists and turns and kept me guessing right to the end. I would ... read more »
  
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- - Zanthras
  - 11 reviews
  - 30 Apr 2011 at 17:22
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- - 23
  - 8
  Awful DVD.
  
  Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn are two of my favourite actors and so I relished the chance to see them together when I rented 'Charade'.
  
  30 ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol, England.
  - 09 Feb 2004 at 03:07
- - 7
  - 0
  Shocking quality
  
  The film is terrific fun but sadly the dreadful quality of the dvd makes it a one star rental
  
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- - a customer
  - Cambridge
  - 24 Mar 2004 at 21:38
- - 4
  - 0
  Charade
  
  The con movie is a balancing act. It has to be surprising, but its twists also have to be plausible when you step back and look at the film as a whole. Few pull... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 19 Aug 2005 at 10:03
- - 3
  - 0
  Poor video quality
  
  I chose not to take the advise of the other reviewers when reading about the poor video quality. How wrong I was.
  
  This is perhaps the worst covertion... read more »
  
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- - Rob
  - London
  - 07 Oct 2004 at 14:25
- - 2
  - 0
  Good film
  
  I'm keeping my fingers crossed, there are two prints of this film, one is by a fly-by-night company, and as nearly everyone has said, the print is virtually... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 15:42
- - 2
  - 0
  good movie
  
  Charade was a good movie, Audrey Hepburn was herself (as always!) as was Cary Grant! good twist at the end. sound quality was pants tho!
  
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- - Jo
  - Tetbury
  - 03 Apr 2005 at 18:32
- - 2
  - 0
  Great film, poor quality.
  
  As mentioned in other reiews the quality of the DVD transfer is pretty poor. It's not helped by being particularly bad in the first 10 minutes but it does ... read more »
  
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- - Isaac
  - London
  - 31 May 2005 at 17:19
- - 2
  - 0
  Cool 60's classic
  
  Why I haven’t seen this before I don’t know. But I’m glad I have now.
  
  This is a brilliant stylish cool cat and mouse movie. There are ... read more »
  
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- - Trocca
  - lancashire
  - 21 Apr 2004 at 11:36
- - 2
  - 0
  Don't Rent This
  
  Picture quality is awful. Wait for the Universal release (23rd of May 2005).
  
  Perhaps that will be better, this one stinks! How can they release ... read more »
  
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- - dboom
  - West Sussex
  - 10 May 2005 at 10:54
- - 2
  - 0
  Still a classic
  
  Charade, directed by Stanley Donen is undoubtedly homage to Alfred Hitchcock and a film which I believe the master of suspense, mystery and comedy would have ... read more »
  
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- 904970
- - a customer
  - Devon
  - 12 Jul 2010 at 16:30

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Critics' reviews
- Donen's typically slick comedy thriller, ingeniously scripted by Peter Stone, is a mammoth audience teaser, with a... read more on Time Out
- 52529
- - Time Out
  - 15 May 2009 at 01:08
- Smoothly satisfying sub-Hitchcock nonsense, effective both as black romantic comedy and macabre farce.
- 32180
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42

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  Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, ...

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  Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, ...