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A service to our youth through you, their parents and grandparents, in His name by His Word MAR22117 The Truth About Charlie (2002), PG-13 Analysis Date: October 28, 2002 CAP Score: 64 CAP Influence Density: 0.66 MinMax: -61 |
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (PG-13) -- Suitable for your 13 year old kids, right? Production: Universal Pictures Distribution: MCA/Universal Pictures Director(s): Jonathan Demme Producer(s): Neda Armian, Michel Cheyko, Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg, Peter Saraf, Edward Saxon Written by/Screenplay: Peter Stone (1963 screenplay Charade), Jonathan Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Stone, Jessica Bendinger Cinematography/Camera: Tak Fujimoto Music: Rachel Portman Film Editing: Carol Littleton Casting: Françoise Combadière Production Design: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski Art Direction: Bertrand Clerq-Roques, Delphine Mabed  The Truth About Charlie (2002) is a remake of the 1963 Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. I may try to rent Charade and feed it to the CAP machine if for no other reason to reveal the decay of modern entertainment from the once wholesome standards. Charade captivated millions for years and it likely did not have the thong underwear, the side female nudity, the inappropriate touching, the intercourse. Well! It's PG-13, isn't it? Suitable for your 13 year old and younger kids, right [Luke 17:2]? It has been too long since I viewed this movie to be able to give you much detail about the storyline. But I can reconstruct it to a point with the media worksheets used to annotate findings. The movie opens with a woman getting dressed on a train, ostensibly after intercourse [Mark 7:21, Gen. 34:7, Eph. 5:5, Hebr. 13:4]. From that point my memory improves. Regina Lampert (Thandie Newton) returns to her opulent and high-class Paris apartment to find it bare. Nada. The only noteworthy things left in the apartment is police Commandant Jeanne Dominique (Christine Boisson) and Lieutenant Dessalines (Simon Abkarian). Commandant Dominique has some rather disturbing news for Regina -- her husband of three months, Charlie (Stephen Dillane) is dead. And he had $6 million that does not belong to him [Hab. 2:9]. "Where is the money, Mrs. Lampert?" Regina now begins a bizarre series of discoveries in which she learns a few new things about Charlie, the truth about Charlie. Regina becomes a target. Not only do the police think Regina has knowledge of the loot, but some major nasties think so, too. And they want the loot as much or more than the police and the secret legal types such as Mr. Bartholomew (Tim Robbins). She keeps telling Bartholomew she doesn't have the money but he tells her she does but "You just don't know it." Somehow coming to the rescue of the damsel in distress is Joshua Peters (Mark Wahlberg), a suave and debonair guy that has three names if he has one. And somehow diamonds are involved, I think. By the way, the thugs are quite intimidating. Their techniques are R-rated, one of which is grabbing the privates of a man to force him to do (or not do) whatever it was they were wanting him to do. I think it was silence. I have almost convinced myself to rent Charade and The Truth About Charlie when Charade comes out on tape to do a special comparative to get a mathematical etching at the decay of morality in entertainment. There is a sort of neat twist in the plot toward the ending of the show that reveals the real material of value was not money or diamonds but was something else, very tiny in comparison. But I won't say what it was in case you decide the level of offensive material in this flick we reveal is acceptable. Offensive material indeed. In addition to that already mentioned, The Truth About Charlie presents assault to obtain unrighteous possession [Ps. 62:10], drunkenness [Eph. 5:18], adults in underwear, nudity behind flowered shower room doors and more offscreen intercourse. This is a PG-13 movie which actually earned a score of 64 which makes it equivalent to PG-13 movies in the CAP comparative baseline database of movies (with the lowest investigation area score in Sex, of course). Please reply more on the listing in the Findings/Scoring section for information to help you decide whether this film is fit for your kids. Next time, I will try me best to not wait so long after viewing a movie to get to the report writing. I can give you a measure of assurance when we do find full funding that not only will I be able to better control the matters that cause delays but I should be able to get our analysis of many movies to you before the movie is released. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ]. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. *******Food for Daily Thought******* As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
 Wanton Violence/Crime (W): Impudence/Hate (I)(1): Sex/Homosexuality (S): Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O)(2): Murder/Suicide (M)(3): |
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| NOTE: The CAP Analysis Model makes no scoring allowances for trumped-up "messages" to excuse or for manufacturing of justification for aberrant behavior or imagery, or for camouflaging such ignominy with "redeeming" programming. Disguising sinful behavior in a theme plot does not excuse the sinful behavior of either the one who is drawing pleasure or example from the sinful display or the practitioners demonstrating the sinful behavior. This is NOT a movie review service. It is a movie analysis service to parents and grandparents to tell them the truth about movies using the Truth. |
| "There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our nearly seven years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
