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Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

tesab-1 Charlotte Gray is beautifully filmed, but I found the story somewhat disjointed. She is asked to go to France before her boyfriend is shot down, so her first reason for going is not because she is looking for him. They fall "in love" after a one-night stand? So typical of Hollywood. The man heading the cell in France says he is a Communist; he never says the group is communist. Even so, another incident of Hollywood making the communists look like the good guys, when in fact, Communism is even more harsh than Nazism or Fascism (count the number of people killed by each regime). The dialogue was hard to hear in parts of the movie, as it was too softly spoken (audio editor problem). There are some heart-wrenching scenes and one does get the feel of occupied France. I didn't understand why she had to dye her hair---undercover men do not do so, and it was probably hard to obtain hair color during the war. Then at the end of the movie, her hair is an in-between color: not her normal blonde as in the beginning, nor the dark brunette of her resistance days.

TheLittleSongbird I am not denying Charlotte Grey doesn't have flaws, it does, but I for one do not think it is a bad movie. In fact I think it is pretty good. I agree the story is unbelievable on the most part, and the script is really quite poor in spots and the film does drag in the middle. However, the cinematography, costumes, sets, scenery and locations are immaculate and the music is haunting and beautiful and the growing attraction between Charlotte and Julien avoids the trap of being too sappy. The direction is decent enough too, while the acting is good particularly from Cate Blanchett who is very classy and determined and I liked Michael Gambon and Billy Crudup too. Overall, it is a pretty good film. 7/10 Bethany Cox

depsusie I just viewed the excellent movie Charlotte Gray... it was showed on cable immediately after another same period flick ,'Head in the Clouds'. The cinematography , lighting , landscapes were so beautiful and the script just plain awesome. I hate war movies of all types and I was surprised when I didn't snap these two movies off when I saw they were WWII movies. Most of them do absolutely no justice to the horrors and heroism of the personal stories of the people living this nightmare.However, these two movies brought the pain and difficulties of war experienced by our parents into my consciousness in a manner I could really understand. I was transported into the moments of futility of her situation as she became trapped in this particular place in France and the moment when she was told her lover was dead. Charlotte was a patriot and had reached the point where even that failed her and she was able to carry on.. simply because there was nothing else she could do, if she wanted her life and the children to survive.Powerful-powerful movie .. all actors were phenomenal. It brought a tear to my eyes that I had never considered the things my parents experienced when they were living WWII. I wish I had known, I would have cherished their strength and perhaps would have wanted to learn more from them to be a whole human being capable of such an enormous love.I would give anything, to have understood their struggles and to know just how really deep their actions and sacrifices were for the things they were passionate about... their country, freedom, love and family.Thanks to the folks creating this movie - history came to life. No matter that it wasn't totally factual... I imagine the reality was even worst than depicted.

swanningaround The story of Charlotte Gray is based upon the real life exploits of New Zealand heroine Nancy Wake, the most decorated Allied woman of WW2. Compared with Nancy's exploits, it is said that "Charlotte Gray" is an Enid Blyton story.The Nazis called Nancy "the White Mouse" and she was number 1 on the Gestapo's wanted list in France. Nancy was also later became the leader of 7000 French Resistance fighters who took on 22,000 German troops. She led a small group who stormed the Gestapo headquarters and she personally killed the German sentries with karate chops. She also rode a bicycle 700 km to deliver an urgent dispatch.The acting of Cate Blachett in this movie is excellent as usual. The period setting is also very good. It is a pity that American audiences did not like this film. It is time for some of them to grow up and recognize that the whole world doesn't revolve around American people.