Charlotte Gray (DVD)

...ulterior motives for inviting our Charlotte as he feels she may be suitable for SOE-style operations under-cover in France. Initially reluctant, circumstances intervene in her personal life and for wholly selfish reasons she accepts the offer. It’s not long before she is parachuting in Vichy France (the supposedly unoccupied Southern part of France which in reality was run by traitors and Nazi collaborators). Gifted with a simple task to break ...
...in her panic, Charlotte compromises her cover. The leader of the local resistance, the Communist Julian Lavade played by Bill Crudup, arranges an enhanced cover for Charlotte which sees her working as house maid for his father, Levade (Michael Gambon) and surrogated mother for two displaced children, whilst all the time attempting to pursue the own selfish agenda, that being the real reason she is in France in the first place… And so it potters ...

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...take on the role of Charlotte Gray, the eponymous heroine of Sebastian Faulk’s romantic novel. But, however fine an actress Ms Blanchett undoubtedly is actress (the nearest thing in the current day to Meryl Streep), she is unable to lift this predictable yarn of wartime romance above the level of ‘We’ve seen it all before’. Charlotte meets handsome RAF Pilot, Peter (Rupert Penry-Jones ) and the two become lovers. His plane goes down on a mission ...
...and a good looking couple as the movie’s focal point, who get romantically entwined during wartime. You will also notice an incredible similarity in the endings of both movies. • My advice – get Captain Corelli out on DVD and save the entrance fee on Charlotte Gray. ...

flashpointz 15.03.2002 · Read full review
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Charlotte Gray, based on the real life exploits of British women spies who were sent to France during WW2 is a clever film. It is not just about one person (Charlotte Gray) although she is centre stage, it covers the fear and double dealing which were rife in France at that time, shows how the people helped each other as a way of life rather than out of duty and most of all gives you a feel for the danger that they put not only themselves in, but ...
...very cleverly aired “The Real Charlotte Grays” immediately before it. This programme spoke to former women spies who had been in France sending back information and blowing up trains etc – giving their real life experiences. They spoke of the humility they felt when they realised that at worst they would be caught and shot, but the French people were risking everything, their own lives, that of their families and their livelihood. This was a good ...

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...middle of Second World War. Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) meets the love of her life on a party. But he has to go - he is a pilot and he has to go to France, to fight against the Germans. Is comes was has to come: he chrashes with his aircraft somewhere in the middle of nowhere and Charlotte decides to become an undercover agent in France. She says she does it for her country, but in fact she wants to find her boyfriend. From now on Charlotte ...
...Vichy-Gouvernment of southern France. Charlotte lives at his father's place and soon she is good friend with him and his father. They hide two jewish boys whose parents have been deportet to Poland. Charlotte still tries to find her boyfriend, and in the meantime she helps Julien bombing german trains and does what she can. But then everything gets hectic and catastrophal: Juliens father (he is 1/4 jewish) and the boys get catched. Julien suggest ...

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...was looking forward to watching Charlotte Gray. It was a film I’d wanted to see at the cinema, but hadn’t got round to. I ended up disappointed by it. It wasn’t truly awful I was able to watch it without thinking ‘god when is this going to end’. It was just not as good as I thought it would be. It’s hard to think what went wrong with it. It’s got all the ingredients for a good film: wartime drama, love interest, secret missions. However, it was ...
...Jenesse in France. So now Charlotte has a secret.secret mission to go along with her secret mission. She wants to try and find word of Peter whilst she is in France. She is given a cover identity, dropped into France and picked up by the local resistance. This resistance group is led by Julio, a committed communist. The village she is dropped into pretty, pretty think Year in Provence country. The surroundings are all very traditionally French and ...

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...adventures of our eponymous heroine Charlotte Gray ( Cate Blanchett ) in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. It should tell of heroism ( or in this case mostly heroinism ), the dangers of war, love, self sacrifice etc etc but ends up being a blank, dull, grey canvas that’s not fully filled. The plot should have been able to support the film, as at its core, there is a good story there. On travelling to London, Gray meets someone on ...
...Cate Blanchett - Charlotte Gray Billy Crudup - Julien Levade Michael Gambon - Levade Rupert Penry Jones - Peter Gregory. James Fleet - Richard Cannerly Next time, I will take the easy option and bang on a favourite DVD or just sleep. ...

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