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03/22/04
Charly (1968)
72 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 13 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: This intriguing drama, directed tenderly by Ralph Nelson, is based on the story FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes. The plot centers around a mentally retarded adult who instantly matures as the result of an operation on his brain. The result is a hybrid of documentary, romance, social... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten
Director: Ralph Nelson
Screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant
Story: Daniel Keyes
Producer: Ralph Nelson
Composer: Ravi Shankar
Screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant
Story: Daniel Keyes
Producer: Ralph Nelson
Composer: Ravi Shankar
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04/29/08
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The film's main problem is that director Ralph Nelson virtually ignores the philosophical elements of the story and emphasizes its most maudlin aspects, while throwing in a little sci-fi, romance, and spurious social commentary.
06/06/07
Cliff Robertson was rewarded with an Oscar for repeating his TV role, that of a mentally retarded man, and for paying with his own money for the screen adaptation of the popular novel, directed in a pedestrian mode by Ralph Nelson.
04/20/07
This moving film is the crowning achievement of Cliff Robertson's career.
02/18/06
I'm told by someone whose opinion I respect that the novel was very moving and very sad. The movie is not. It's science-fiction without gadgets, a horror film without thrills.
05/09/05
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another example of a memorable book which ends up diluted by the lesser talents of screenwriters
03/11/05
Well-acted drama about a retarded man who is turned into a genius in a scientific experiment and then regresses to his original state again.
01/15/05
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