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Name: Goodbye Charlie
Released: 1964-11-18
Cast: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Laura Devon

Goodbye Charlie

NR
1h 56m
1964

50%

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Goodbye Charlie begins with a humorous opening sequence, in which Charles Sorel is an inveterate philanderer practicing his wily crafts on women aboard an ocean liner. He is found out by a jealous husband and shot dead, falling overboard into the sea. Through a celestial fluke, Charles' soul enters the well-rounded body of a woman who renames herself Charlie. In this form, Charlie seeks to settle old scores with her murderer as well as several other enemies. As if these complications aren't enough, Charlie's best friend, George Tracy, falls in love with Charlie, knowing full well that she isn't really who she claims to be.

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Producer:

David Weisbart

Writer:

Harry Kurnitz, George Axelrod

Cast:

Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Laura Devon, Walter Matthau

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

50%

Reviews

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

Nonsensical sci-fi comedy.

Under Vincente Minnelli's direction, the film has a certain style and pace. But it is much more vulgar than stylish, much more sluggish and dull than fast.

Minnelli, whose work brings together an extraordinary set of themes, looks at the violence and the lust of Hollywood, the riotous pleasure-seeking of its players big and small.

Even by delving into fantasy for its wildly implausible premise this picturization of George Axelrod's not-so-successful 1960 Broadway play doesn't come off as anything but the mildest type of entertainment.

Both Miss Reynolds and Tony Curtis behave gamely, but Goodbye Charlie is one of those games that will never be won.

March 16, 2020

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