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Charming Movie Review

Name: Charming Movie Review
Item: Charming
Rating: 2
Author: Sonali Sharma

Charming Movie Review English Movie Review

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Review for the film " Charming"

Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 23-08-2018

Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Similar To: The Casagrandes, The Wild Robot, Música, The Lord Of The Rings-The War Of The Rohirrim

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CAST & CREW

Carlos Alazraqui

Chris Harrison

Dee Bradley Baker

John Cleese

Steve Aoki

Avril Lavigne

Demi Lovato

Nia Vardalos

Tara Strong

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Producer:

John H Williams

Musician:

Steve Mair

Music Director:

Tom Howe

Editor:

Rob Neal

Director:

Ross Venokur

Supporting Actress:

Avril Lavigne

Nia Vardalos

Tara Strong

Demi Lovato

Sound Designer:

Olivier Calvert

Co-Producer:

Patrick Worlock

Casting Director:

Jamie Simone

Animator:

Louis Guy Dumais

Shruti Janu

Kyle Moy

Sergey Shutko

Kate Forrest

Nicholas Cabana

Cedric Blondin

Mark Watterston

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Stephane Bergeron

Isabelle Lussier

Assistant Editor:

Michele Klaponski

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Alex Parkinson

Screenplay Writer:

Ross Venokur

Music Editor:

Joanie Diener

Production Designer:

Michel Breton

Digital Compositor:

Remi Larroque

Colorist:

Anne Boyle

Sound Editor:

Pierre Yves Drapeau

Music Assistant:

Jose Parody

Supporting Actor:

Jillian Bell

Tom Kenny

Dee Bradley Baker

Ayesha Curry

Chris Harrison

Keyshia Cole

Carlos Alazraqui

Wilmer Valderrama

Steve Aoki

Keith Cleverstein

John Cleese

Ashley Tisdale

Jim Cummings

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Shelly Shenoy

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The movie “Charming” was written and directed by Ross Venokur and produced by John H. Williams, Patrick Worlock, and Robyn Klein. The film features Demi Lovato Demi Lovato was born on 20 August, 1992. Her birth >> Read More... , Wilmer Valderrama, Sia, Nia Vardalos Nia Vardalos took birth on 24th September of 1962. >> Read More... , Ashley Tisdale, Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne is a singer, songwriter and an actre >> Read More... , G.E.M., John Cleese John Marwood Cleese is a man of multiple talents. >> Read More... , Chris Harrison Chris Harrison came to this world as Christopher B >> Read More... , Dee Bradley Baker With his mesmerizing voice, he gave life to animat >> Read More... , Carlos Alazraqui Carlos Alazraqui is an actor, comedian, screenwrit >> Read More... , Tara Strong On 12th February 1973, Tara Lyn Strong was born. S >> Read More... , Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Steve Aoki Steven Stev’ Aoki is an American electro musician, >> Read More... , Ayesha Curry, and Cory Edwards. Tom Howe composed the music used in the film. The film’s editor was Rob Neal.

Plot

The animated film’s protagonist is Prince Philippe Charming, voiced by Wilmer Valderrama. An evil fairy had cursed Prince Philippe to steal the heart of every woman who meets eyes with him. The curse would last only till he turns 21, after which, all the love would disappear. The curse can only be broken with a kiss of true love. Shortly before he turns 21, Prince Philippe proposes to three women he met in various situations out of desperation. Prince Philippe is confused as to whom he should get married to because he is engaged to three women – Snow White, voiced by Avril Lavigne, Sleeping Beauty, voiced by G.E.M., and Cinderella, voiced by Ashley Tisdale. Prince Philippe also has feelings for the bandit Lenore, voiced by Demi Lovato. The film follows Prince Philippe’s journey of searching for true love.

Star Performance

Although the film has such a stellar voice cast with rich music backgrounds, it fails to take advantage of their talents. The dialogues are clichéd and cringe, and do not give a chance to the voice actors to showcase their talents.

Analysis

The modern animated take on classic fairytales shows its modernism only in the fact that the heroine is a working class woman but fails in all other aspects because the story is full of clichéd concepts such as damsel in distress, rescuer prince and non-consensual kisses.

What’s There?

A stellar voice cast
A modern take on classic fairytales

What’s Not There?

The film is riddled with clichéd scenes such as non-consensual kisses, damsels in distress, a hero prince who comes to the rescue of the damsel in distress etc
Although the film is said to be a modern take, it fails to incorporate liberal concepts to make the fairytales more progressive

Verdict

“Charming” fails to live up to its promise of being a modernized version of classic fairytales. Although it is set in the modern world and it introduces a few changes to the classic version, the larger part of the story remains unchanged and is full of clichéd concepts. The film might be a good watch for animation, fairytale enthusiasts.