Review of Charlie St. Cloud (2010) by Spangle — 26 May 2016

Charlie St. Cloud is not a good film in any sense of the word. A compelling premise is ruined thoroughly from beginning to end with the film's insistence on being a teenage rom-com fantasy film. The acting is lackadaisical to say the least and the little brother is annoying and needs to go away to make this film better.

Aside from the truly far fetched and overly sappy direction taken by the film, the initial premise and overall message is good: do not mourn forever because life will pass you by, the person you are mourning will want you to move on.

Decent message, but instead it is drowned out by gratuitous shots of Zac Efron's abs and teenage rom-com tropes. Overall, Charlie St. Cloud is a bad movie.