Product Description
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Based on an accled novel, Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic
drama starring Zac Efron as a young man who survives an accident
that lets him see the world in a unique way. In this emotionally
charged story, he begins a romantic journey in which he embraces
the dark realities of the past while discovering the
transformative power of love.
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Efron) has the adoration
of mother Claire (O® winner Kim Basinger) and little brother
Sam (newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship
that will lead him far from his y Pacific Northwest
hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy
strikes and takes his dreams with it.
After his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew) returns home
unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he
made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love.
And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good,
Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
Special Features
* Deleted Scenes
* Deleted Scenes with commentary
* On Location With Zac Efron
* Zac Efron, Leading Man
* The in-Between World
.co.uk Review
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Teen heartthrob Zac Efron (High School Musical, 17 Again) makes
an appealing, and wise, choice as the star of Charlie St. Cloud.
Efron is able to flex his dramatic acting abilities and can
stretch, ever so slightly, into a more adult role, without
alienating or being off-putting to his dedicated young fans. And
Efron shows signs of being a terrific young actor, with nuanced
skills that have perhaps been overlooked until now, because of
his appealing pinup-boy looks. Efron is delicious eye candy in
Charlie St. Cloud, no question (though he has to share some of
that role with the beautiful British Columbia coastline where the
film is set), but he also carries the entire film, which manages
to be family drama, tragedy, adventure, and budding love
story--with a good dose of "live your life to the fullest" advice
built in. Efron plays the title character, a gifted student and
sailor who gets a full scholarship to Stanford. But right after
graduation, Charlie is involved in a life-changing tragedy--one
that shatters his family and his own sense of his place in the
world. Efron's Charlie is a lost young man, dedicated to the
aftereffects of the tragic accident, and turns from promising
young upstart to pitiable recluse--so reclusive that he lives and
works at the local graveyard. The entire cast is wonderful, and
they put their hearts into the sad, yet ultimately uplifting
story. Young Charlie Tahan is winsome as Charlie's younger
brother, Sam. Kim Basinger, too long away from the big screen, is
grounded and believable as the boys' hard-working single mother.
Ray Liotta plays a memorable cameo as a paramedic who helps save
Charlie after the accident. And Amanda Crew is spunky and
adorable as the independent young sailor with a secret crush on
Charlie--the "old" Charlie, who was still interested in embracing
life--and with possibly the only lifeline that Charlie might
actually grab. The chemistry between Efron and Crew is sparkly,
and Efron fans will enjoy seeing their idol in more mature love
scenes. But not too mature--the raciest of the romance scenes
involves Efron (not Crew) taking off his shirt--to fans' delight.
If Charlie St. Cloud isn't too original in its plotting, nor
especially crisp in its direction, it doesn't matter--Efron's
screen appeal is plenty to propel both the story and the action.
Efron fans of all ages will enjoy watching the young actor begin
the process of growing up--just a bit--onscreen. --A.T. Hurley