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Charlie Says

2018

Mary Harron

Hannah Murray, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendón, Suki Waterhouse ...

5.3

613

Drama Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them - and through her we witness their transformations as they face the reality of their horrific crimes.

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"'Charlie Says' is absorbing if only intermittently effective (...) The modest production is not particularly distinguished in terms of its visual style"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"Undernourished (...) [It] is so ambivalent as to be frustratingly gun-shy about truly asserting a point of view, or adding anything meaningful"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Matt Smith is miscast as Charles Manson in this innovative, frustrating film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"What makes 'Charlie Says' so original is its perspective and its willingness to depict the banality and absurdity of life with Manson (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Nordine IndieWire	"[It] is more silly than frightening (...) [It doesn't contain] any great insights about Charles Manson"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Matt Smith is magnetic (...) Reducing the women’s full adult responsibility infantilises them and actually makes them less interesting (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Demetrios Matheou Screendaily	"Skimpy psychological insight, a clumsy structure and what turns out to be a miscast Smith all contribute towards what seems like a wasted opportunity"

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