An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Jonathan Demme’s work, I was still eager to check it out. Well, it wasn’t really good and it even turned out to be one of the most underwhelming remakes I have ever seen. I mean, for starters, even though I thought that ‘Charade’ was a decent flick, it didn’t really blow me away. Basically, I thought that Audrey Hepburn and above all Cary Grant were really good but the plot was actually rather weak in my opinion so I didn’t really see the point of remaking it. And, indeed, once again, the story was quite underwhelming, especially since it was my 2nd time around but, above all, the casting was a huge failure here. I mean, Thandie Newton was a great choice, by far the best thing in this hot mess. She was just really charming and a perfect fit for this part. On the other hand, Mark Wahlberg was a total disaster. I mean, not only he didn’t really look the part but he had barely any chemistry with Thandie Newton and, above all, his acting was pretty pathetic. At least, he was aware of this and considers himself it to be his worst film. Apparently, Will Smith was supposed to be the lead but was still involved with ‘Ali’ at the time and he had to drop out and you could imagine that it would have worked better with him, even though the story would still have been pretty weak. Anyway, to conclude, thanks to Thandie Newton, it was still watchable but it remains a very weak flick and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10