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Alynda Wheat, People: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Like the handsomeness of heartthrobs before him (think Redford or Pitt), Efron's can distract from the fact that he actually can act." (Read the full review...) 131 words, 07/29/10 David Germain, Associated Press: WEAK (cg) "...a bore, despite a somewhat clever twist -- somewhat because it momentarily jolts the story out of the doldrums before the movie settles back to sleep." (Read the full review...) 665 words, 07/29/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: WEAK (cg) "...comes off as an excuse for Efron to look dreamily at the camera with Windex-blue eyes as he drinks Jack Daniels and cries buckets." (Read the full review...) 82 words, 07/29/10 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: FAIR (cg) "Zac Efron can't do despair. He plays it by staring. Blankly. And by not smiling. Blankly.... he puts you in a coma." (Read the full review...) 298 words, 07/30/10 Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott, At the Movies: POOR (cg) Michael Phillips: "Skip it." A.O. Scott: "Skip it." (Watch the full review...) 237 seconds, 07/31/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR (cg) "Some bad movies should carry a leper's bell to warn off ticket buyers.... a load of mawkish swill..." (Read the full review...) 143 words, 08/06/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE (cg) "Efron is in almost every frame and has a natural, physical ease on camera.... the sentimental story suffers from ladling on lightweight spirituality and piling on supernatural twists..." (Read the full review...) 501 words, 07/30/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: WEAK (cg) "Despite spending more of the movie posing than acting, Efron generates a little chemistry with his female co-star, Amanda Crew." (Read the full review...) 875 words, 07/29/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: WEAK "...you are supposed to be transported beyond skepticism on a wave of pure, tacky feeling. Instead, in this case, you drown in sentimental, ghoulish nonsense." (Read the full review...) 789 words, 07/30/10 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "Somehow, Efron rises above the sentimentality... this former tween idol is the saving grace in a movie that needs all the miracles it can muster." (Read the full review...) 273 words, 07/30/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...skims across the surface... for now, Efron remains an unrealized dream and 'Charlie St. Cloud' an unrealized movie..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 07/30/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: POOR (cg) "...a maudlin and unintention ally hilarious romantic weepie whose main assets are Efron's baby blues and the even more lovely British Columbia locations masquerading as New England." (Read the full review...) 372 words, 07/30/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: WEAK (cg) "Live your life. Live it to the fullest. These are the worthy sentiments of 'Charlie St. Cloud.' Director Burr Steers milks them dry, like an overeager farmer at milking time..." (Read the full review...) 519 words, 07/30/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Sappy stuff, but it's saved by solid acting -- yes, even from Efron." (Read the full review...) 325 words, 07/30/10 Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Efron, supported by a solid cast, demonstrates again that he has the chops to continue his journey from the 'High School Musical' franchise to a serious career as a dramatic actor." (Read the full review...) 770 words, 07/30/10 Aaron Hillis, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...more sentimental than subtle... has a twist too peculiar to dismiss as some two-bit Nicholas Sparks weepie." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 07/28/10 Bruce DeMara, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "Efron does his best to carry the film... the rest feels a bit too formulaic, pretentious and cloying and takes a too long to deliver the dramatic fireworks." (Read the full review...) 544 words, 07/30/10 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: POOR (cg) "...a packaged teen weepie that often feels stranger than it intends to be.... There's nothing subtle in the way the emotional strings are yanked here..." (Read the full review...) 542 words, 07/30/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...a quietly bonkers major studio production that attempts to make us believe Zac Efron can see dead people." (Read the full review...) 245 words, 07/29/10
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...the movie has a machine-extruded gloss that makes it harder, not easier, to swallow its difficult emotions." (Read the full review...) 629 words, 07/30/10 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...an unapologetically schmaltzy affair, enormously effective on heartstrings and tear ducts.... The performances carry the film." (Read the full review...) 424 words, 07/30/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) "...ably packages Efron in a teen weeper, a transitional romance that takes the 'High School Musical' star into his 20s... But it's also a gimmicky glop of sentimental..." (Read the full review...) 532 words, 07/30/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: MODERATE (cg) "Efron takes a confident half-step toward becoming a mature romantic lead. The film itself? Not so good." (Read the full review...) 498 words, 07/30/10 Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: MODERATE (cg) "Guilt, grief and the struggle to move on are big themes, but unfortunately, director Burr Steers and his script writers aren't interested in exploring them." (Read the full review...) 221 words, 07/30/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: WEAK (cg) "It has no pulse, no apparent breath, and a curious odor seems to waft from the screen not long after Charlie and Sam win a race together in the opening scene." (Read the full review...) 645 words, 07/30/10 Stephen Whitty, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: WEAK (cg) "...a schmaltzy sniffle at best.... if you want to see Zac Efron cry, 'Charlie St. Cloud' awaits. And if you want to see me cry, just make me watch it again." (Read the full review...) 553 words, 07/30/10 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "Efron reads as a moral idea, one that has something to do with youthful striving and sensitivity, with meaning well and working hard.... and then, lo and behold, he can act." (Read the full review...) 588 words, 07/30/10 Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: FAIR (cg) "...if sunlight dappling off the Atlantic and the earnest faces of pure young lovers, plus a dash of unthreatening feel-good spirituality, is all you need to feel sated, then by all means, dive right in." (Read the full review...) 490 words, 07/30/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: WEAK (cg) "...flirts with the mysticism of 'The Sixth Sense,' but it's more like a shelved episode of 'Touched by An Angel.' The sappy script is a disservice to the naturally effervescent Efron..." (Read the full review...) 330 words, 07/30/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: MODERATE (cg) "...plays things very safe... sees dead people. Big deal. It's been done before. Where's a vampire when you need one?" (Read the full review...) 312 words, 07/30/10 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) "It's more of a demo reel for Zac Efron than a movie." (Read the full review...) 440 words, 07/30/10
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...more sentimental than subtle... has a twist too peculiar to dismiss as some two-bit Nicholas Sparks weepie." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 07/28/10 Michael C. Walsh, Boston Phoenix: POOR (cg) "Director Burr Steers's overwrought melodramatic mess is beyond resuscitation." (Read the full review...) 146 words, 08/05/10 Scott Tobias, AV Club: MODERATE (cg) "...memorable mainly for attractive people sailing and smooching against an attractive backdrop. There's no urgency behind all the preening." (Read the full review...) 365 words, 07/29/10 William Goss, Cinematical: WEAK "A perfect snoozer in every way... ineffective at elevating the maudlin material at hand into something more moving." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 07/30/10 Nick Schager, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...asking mush like this to grapple with theological questions is about as unreasonable as former A-lister Kim Basinger's cursory cameo as Charlie's mom is depressing." (Read the full review...) 452 words, 07/26/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...a quietly bonkers major studio production that attempts to make us believe Zac Efron can see dead people." (Read the full review...) 245 words, 07/29/10 Edward Adams, Atlanta Creative Loafing: WEAK (cg) "What starts out as a sappy love letter between brothers slowly, and I mean slowly, turns into a sappy, melodramatic farce... a drawn out bore..." (Read the full review...) 654 words, 07/30/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: GOOD (cg) "...not a great film.... But in the end, there's something very moving about Charlie's plight, and in the poignancy of deciding whether or not to let go of the memories of those we love." (Read the full review...) 757 words, 07/29/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: WEAK "...you are supposed to be transported beyond skepticism on a wave of pure, tacky feeling. Instead, in this case, you drown in sentimental, ghoulish nonsense." (Read the full review...) 789 words, 07/30/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...skims across the surface... for now, Efron remains an unrealized dream and 'Charlie St. Cloud' an unrealized movie..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 07/30/10
Dennis Harvey, Daily Variety: FAIR "Those easily moved will sniffle as cued; anyone else is likely to remain dry-eyed.... director Steers does avoid some potential bathos via brisk pacing and glossy packaging." (Read the full review...) 763 words, 07/29/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...the film doesn't just fail, it actually gets sillier by the minute. There is little worse in movies than earnestness hitched to the wrong project." (Read the full review...) 735 words, 07/29/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...skims across the surface... for now, Efron remains an unrealized dream and 'Charlie St. Cloud' an unrealized movie..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 07/30/10 Patrick Z. McGavin, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE (cg) "...rather inchoate and finally feels closer to a pastiche that collects different parts of other forms than ever registering as a fully realized work on its own." (Read the full review...) 908 words, 07/29/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: WEAK "...you are supposed to be transported beyond skepticism on a wave of pure, tacky feeling. Instead, in this case, you drown in sentimental, ghoulish nonsense." (Read the full review...) 789 words, 07/30/10
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