Charade (Unrated) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Grégoire Aslan, Paul Bonifas, Thomas Chelimsky, James Coburn, Colin Drake
Studio: Madacy Records
Category: Video
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Rating:  253 reviews
Sales Rank: 19156
Format: Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 056775019334
EAN: 0056775019334
ASIN: B00005LC6T
Theatrical Release Date: December 5, 1963
Release Date: June 5, 2001
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Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes to her aid, but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even be the killer? The 1963 film is directed by Stanley Donen, but it has been called "Hitchcockian" for good reason: the possible duplicities between lovers, the unspoken agendas between a man and woman sharing secrets. Charade is nowhere as significant as a Hitchcock film, but suspense-wise it holds its own; and Donen's glossy production lends itself to the welcome experience of stargazing. One wants Cary Grant to be Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn to be no one but Audrey Hepburn in a Hollywood product such as this, and they certainly don't let us down. --Tom Keogh
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 Passes the Bored Teenager Litmus test!! December 31, 2008
Mnr L. P. Muller (Alexandria South Africa)
To my mind one of the canniest tests available to determine the entertainment value of an older movie is the jaded-teenager respons-o-meter. You know what I mean. You know the TCM (we're scraping the bottom of the barrel here) expressions on their faces when you announce another classic from the prehistoric times before Spielberg and Lucas. So, if you AND your seen-it-all, special-effect-fed-up brood of darlings spontaneously break out in applause at the end of such a film, its got to be a winner! And that is precisely what happened at the end of our family-viewing of Charade. They loved it.
Throw into the mix the fact that the thinking part our ensemble (we parents, naturally) found more than enough in it to keep us amused, bemused and charmed (out of our socks) (and more or less in that order), and you get the picture.
Hepburn and Grant are at their slickest best here, unobtrusive, and subservient to the flow of the plot, which is the real star of the movie, as it unravels (and re-ravels) time and again.
At one stage the bewildered, suspicious-yet-entranced Hepburn says accusingly to Grant, "Do you know what's wrong with you?" He pauses, waits for the insult which he knows he deserves (sort of). She tries to muster all the malice she can, looks him in the eye, succumbs instantly to the his charm, and whispers, " Nothing. Absolutely nothing."
Which just about says it all for this gem. Get it. It will lift whatever gloom you're in. And in the process provide some bonding for the generational divide, if required!
Louis M
 Great Movie, Lousy DVD October 28, 2008
Mal Schoen (Northern California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the version I unfortunately bought a few years ago - it's the Delta version with the big picture of Cary Grant on the cover, pictured here. Not only is it grainy, it's jumpy (a jumpy DVD?!?) and not only is it jumpy, but every so often the Delta logo appears on the bottom right hand of the screen, as though you were watching a movie on television. Now that I know of the other versions, I purchased one highly recommended on Amazon's site and am looking forward to a better movie experience. "Charade" deserves it - it's the coolest!
BEST CHARADE October 8, 2008
champclaux christophe (Paris, France)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As usual, this Criterion edition of the public domain flick "CHARADE" is the best to date.
Christophe Champclaux
Charade August 31, 2008
Brian D. Knoll
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie came in expected condition. They shipped quickly and did a great job.
 Not up to Cary Grant potential. August 17, 2008
Ron Scanlan (Pueblo, Colorado)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Half hearten drama , romace weak with story line, and I like most Cary Grant movie but this is a one time see at best.
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