Charlie is a shy and caring person but also has a lot of guilt. The pair can’t get too intimate for fear of being tossed from the program. “Gimme a break,” you think, “who the hell does this kid think he is? He hitchhiked and is picked up by a man and his sick mother. [6] The film was released on May 6, 2016, by Paladin. Nick Robinson gives a strong performance as the angst-ridden son of a former film star-turned-gubernatorial candidate (Cary Elwes). Charlie Kelmeckis is the main protagonist of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. On April 22, 2015, it was announced Nick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Common, Devon Bostick, Susan Misner, Ricardo Chavira and Cary Elwes would star in the film. As for Charlie’s Titan job, Ava may have set that in motion. The film was released on May 6, 2016, by Paladin. Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. He starts talking about What Happened Was. He falls in love with Eva and she becomes her new addiction. Not the intention, I’m sure, but dammit I don’t care what society dictates: I tell you the truth! What a blast! Despite its addiction to cliches, by the time Being Charlie ends it’s a little bit emotional, thanks a great deal to Robinson’s performance. If Tripp is the “good son” and Charlie is the bad one, it’d make sense for Charlie to target his brother. Being Charlie is a 2015 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Matt Elisofon and Nick Reiner. Moreover, these boys (it’s almost always boys) brood their way right into the hearts and arms of understanding, sexy girls who also refuse to do what society says. A girl in Charlie's advanced English class who liked movies and shared music with Charlie and his friends in middle school, but changed over the summer and doesn't acknowledge her clever side. I’d like to extend this to the much smaller genre of films about young kids of privilege who get stuck in drug rehabs or mental wards. Part of Charlie’s journey includes finding his voice as a standup comedian. We may never know exactly what happened to the missing body of Baby Charlie, its disappearance being one of the show's only lingering mysteries. Being Charlie has wonderful intentions and a strong central performance, but an affecting true story gets lost in the script's surfeit of clichés. The film stars Nick Robinson, Common, Cary Elwes, Devon Bostick, Morgan Saylor, Susan Misner and Ricardo Chavira. While the topic itself is nothing new in the world of cinema, moviegoers may be in for a surprise. Being Charlie, the newest film from Rob Reiner based on a somewhat autobiographical screenplay by his son Nick, puts all the others to shame for making teenage drug addiction look so appealing. Granted, “Being Charlie” isn’t the most original story. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents. Indeed, his superb performance effortlessly draws us into Charlie's drug-additicted life and his family problems--especially with his sphincterish father (well played by Cary Elwes), who's political ambitions have alienated his son. 1. Director Rob Reiner’s comeback film, based on a screenplay by his son, is packed with cliches about teenage drug addiction, but not without charm, Thu 5 May 2016 23.43 BST Please try again later. Going against Charlie’s mother’s withes he forces him to go back to another rehabilitation center. [2], Being Charlie received negative reviews from critics. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents. Being Charlie DRAMA From Academy Award-Nominated Director Rob Reiner (STAND BY ME, A FEW GOOD MEN), BEING CHARLIE is a coming of age story about a troublesome 18-year-old (Nick Robinson of JURRASSIC WORLD) who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic and returns home to Los Angeles. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Charlie kept asking about what happened to Aunt Helen that was so bad, making her cry. Cast. This forces him to stay back and complete his term. "Movie: Being Charlie Who is Susan? His slow march toward sobriety is pretty by the numbers (the program does suggest following steps) but the rote nature of the storyline is fleshed out nicely with a stable of good side characters. The transsexual who gave sleazeball Charlie Sheen HIV — and recorded the drugged up and naked moments all on tape — has died under mysterious circumstances, The National ENQUIRER has exclusively learned.. Indeed, if Being Charlie has anything going for it, it isn’t the dull father/son showdown at the end, it’s the observational stuff along the way. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. He is told to lift up his scrotum, but we only see his hand moving to his front. The pair can’t get too intimate for fear of being tossed from the program. What follows is his internal conflict and rebellious behavior until he meets Eva, a girl in the rehab. When he returns home to Los Angeles, his parents stage an intervention and force him to go to adult rehab. Last modified on Mon 19 Jun 2017 12.09 BST, Critics frequently cite François Truffaut’s theory that there can never be a true anti-war film. Charlie disregards the advice of his addiction counselor (Common) and begins a romantic relationship with Eva (Morgan Saylor), another fellow addict he … Charlie gets a physical exam while checking into a rehab facility. We have seen plenty of recalcitrant druggies and alcoholics in group counseling sessions on TV and film before (for me, nothing beats Edie Falco’s amazing seven-season swan dive into the nightmare world of pain pill abuse on Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie”). (Early in the picture he steals oxycontin from an elderly cancer patient.). Sister Alice … Going against Charlie’s mother’s withes he forces him to go back to another rehabilitation center. Being Charlie stars Nick Robinson as the title character. He is shown naked from the back, and his butt is clearly shown. When Lucy, an aspiring poet, shares one of her verses at the dinner table, it’s actually a sampling from “Rotten Perfect Mouth,” a collection of writings by real-life poet Eva H.D. His heroes aren’t musicians or sports figures, but George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and, in what’s sure to be her only archival appearance in a film this year, Moms Mabley. Charlie can’t afford to stray, as part of a deal he’s set up to avoid a jail stint. "Drugs may kill you, but they'll never break your heart. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 23%, based on 43 reviews, with a rating of 5.09/10. Read critic reviews You might also like We were unable to submit your evaluation. Getting sober is, strangely, shown as something of a snap set to a musical montage, but the specifics of the rehab-industrial complex and its economics are quite interesting. Written by Unknown Charlie isn’t the only one who grows during the picture. You speak up at that level and you might be done. Perhaps "Being Charlie" is an examination of the ways in which those who have everything can still be victims of this disease, but Charlie just isn't a sympathetic vessel for the message. Charlie’s talent show appearance is a remarkable sequence, and, without overly intellectualizing it, it’s a nice example of how one can turn personal pain into jokes. The definitive, unofficial Charlie Kaufman information resource. Through the course of the novel he narrates the story by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person. Charlie’s father is running for Governor and can’t take any chances by keeping his bad boy son out in the open! Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic. [4][5], The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2015. More people contacted me because Charlie mentioned it than ever contacted me because they saw the movie. They shared two children together, Xavier, 18, and Eva, 11. [8], "Nick Robinson, Common Join Rob Reiner's 'Being Charlie' (Exclusive)", "Rob Reiner to direct movie filming in Utah next month", "On the Set for 5/11/15: Cameras Roll on 'Barbershop 3', Jason Blum's Film 'Stephanie' & Rob Reiner's 'Being Charlie Wrap Up", "Toronto Fest Adds Sandra Bullock, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett Pics", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Being_Charlie&oldid=1003393477, Articles with dead external links from June 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 January 2021, at 19:43. She was played by Ilene Kristen who also played Roxie on OLTL. When they finally get a weekend furlough, she’s itching to break into a wine collection, despite previously seeming committed to the rules. Eva’s name isn’t a coincidence, as her character isn’t given much depth other than to represent temptation. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents. For those that don’t know, Corinth was the town where Loving was set… another ABC soap form 80s/90s. (This is probably something I should speak to a counselor about.). Years go by and this Being John Malkovich movie comes out and Charlie becomes a big star and he wins Academy Awards and all this stuff, and people start asking him, What were his influences? Eva’s name isn’t a coincidence, as her character isn’t given much depth other than to represent temptation. Charlie had lost his wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, to cervical cancer back in 2009. One would think he’s got it made as a bright teenager with wealthy parents, but Charlie’s also an extremely self-destructive drug addict. The sex-swapper who was hired by the coked-out celebrity trainwreck for a staggering $20,000 romp at his posh Los Angeles mansion is now “missing without a trace,” an … The man agrees to drop him at a bus station after dropping his mother home. The film’s opening sequence is of a bratty rich kid breaking nice stained glass windows to Stax bluesman Albert King’s Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. [3] Principal photography began in April 2015, and ended on May 7, 2015. BEING CHARLIE is worth watching, mainly because Nick Robinson (Jurrasic World, The 5th Wave) is so credible as the eponymous Charlie.