Charlie Countryman (2013)

08/06/2018 Glad it's over. A mish mash bunch of unconnected segments. Rave reviews? Why? Mundane entertainment that fails.

I think I would have loved this movie if I didn't watched a movie in 15yrs. If this came out in mid to late '90s it would have been on everybody's shelf, but, today, it's just an hour and 45 minutes worth of same old story. Don't get me wrong, the cinematography was awesome, colors were brilliant, but it was lacking any excitement compared to every single travel/drug/gangster/love movie that has been out in all these years.This movie's far from trash, but far from brilliant. Check it out for some excellent cinematography and an OK story line, pass it by if you're ready to move on from watching the same movie over and over again.

It's a comedy with a clear theme which is about love and romance, though the content is not very concrete, but if you can view it in a way which is kind of like surrealism, you'll find it totally worthwhile to watch. Actually, we are all like Charlie, when something bad happens, we try to escape from it, sometimes we buy drinks to numb our brains, sometimes we run away from the life that we are familiar with, we travel abroad, far, far away to experience a different world and life-style. I think people do that mostly because when we travel abroad we can find that compare to the rest of the world, how small individuals,as we are, in the whole wild world are. And when we meet new people from different culture with different stories, we find that none of our problem and sorrow is alone in the world, we can somehow relate to other people. Anyway, it's a good film made in a artistic style, abstract in content but brilliantly delivered its message about the theme, lost and love. Plus, with LaBeouf and Mikkelsen in the film, why not?

I would have to say what makes the film stand out for me is the films use of music and imagery which make it stand out for me. Shia labeouf plays the films title character Charlie countryman whose mother has died and her ghost encourages her son to find himself and love in budacrest. While on the plane, Charlie encounters a man named victor who asks him to deliver a gift for his daughter. Sadly he dies and ends up meeting Gabi who he falls in love with almost like love at first sight. Little does he know that Gabi ex husband nick is a dangerous sociopath. However despite this obstacle Charlie and Gabi are determined to be together regardless of her circumstances,