Very well executed

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Nice effects though.

Great Film overall

What a great movie! It's a classic whodunit film which has a lot of comedy elements because of the performances of Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Those two having a screwball comedy within a crime thriller and it works fantastic. The chemistry is remarkable and it's fun to see how a brisk and forceful Audrey Hepburn tries to seduce a way older Cary Grant - who knows that and actually says that she could be his daughter. Nice storytelling and ending. Had a blast from start to finish.

Impossible to review this film without employing the term Hitchcockian so I'll get it over with right away. At times it seems as if all that's needed to complete the picture is for Audrey Hepburn to dye her hair blonde as elsewhere we have Cary Grant reprising his Roger Thornhill meets John Robbie persona, a plot with more twists and turns than a slalom ski-slope and more MacGuffins than you can shake a stick at.It helps when there's a supporting cast of the quality of Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy all playing cherche-la-femme in Paris as the newly widowed Hepburn learns she's inadvertently in possession of a secret of her lately murdered husband worth $250000. Director Donen keeps the surprises coming with pleasing regularity keeping the audience on the hop throughout until a denouement somehow reminiscent to me of "The Third Man".Underpinning all the kills and thrills is the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn as both play their parts and act their ages with great aplomb. It's fun to see Hepburn chasing Grant in an inversion of the norm although I don't think you'd find too many men running away from her. There are some surprisingly shocking images of the deaths of Hamilton and Coburn in particular and liberal doses of the type of black humour of which the Master would have been proud, none more so than when early on in the film, a supposed mourner sneezes over the deceased in his open casket. Inventively and stylishly directed, it perhaps lacks those directorial flourishes of you-know-who which stay in the memory, but the dialogue is smart, witty and occasionally risqué, the Parisian locations highly attractive and the playing excellent by all throughout.A fine homage to Hitch but with enough of its own identity and flair to entertain satisfactorily on its own merits.

With a whopping 8.0 rating, I expected it to be a fun 60's ride similar perhaps to "Penelope" or "Pink Panther". Turns out to be nothing like these. It's slow and talky. The mystery is barely there, the romance is unbelievable and the comedy and thriller bits get tired quickly because of poor script and heavy-handed direction. Rather than charming and feminine female character I always turn to older movies for, Hepburn is cold and hysterical. No help comes from unmotivated Grant, and Matthau, Coburn and Kennedy are all underused. The most dumbfounding disappointment though is the location: despite being shot in Paris, the movie stays mostly inside seedy hotel rooms and offices, and even when the action takes us outside, we're treated to process shots and fake backgrounds. This gives the film the hopeless, depressing feel of a Disney sitcom, where you know nothing exciting is going to happen as the plot won't escape the constrains of the 5 rooms it's trapped within.Pros: Henry Mancini score, some witty dialogue in the first actCons: Boring, contrived, claustrophobic

I first saw charade when I was 14. I had found it amongst a few surviving video tapes in my parents bedroom. I was playing hooky that day, and I decided to see the movie. I dragged my father's ancient VCR out of the storage room and started the film. Of course at first I was bored. I was used to seeing modern crap, but then before I knew it I was pissing on the cowling. I had fallen in love with the film. Charade is a forgotten Masterpiece, it has a stellar cast, (screen legends Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Mathua), great characterization, and of course a great plot. Those of you who have seen Cary Grant films know that normally he's the romantic guy, but in this film hes multi layered and puts on a very dynamic performance. The cinematography is futuristic, the music is cool and gives you this eerie feeling. Hitchcock's overrated north by Northwest is utter crap compared to this!!!!!!