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Charlie St. Cloud

2010 · 99 min

A gentle, tearful story about holding on and letting go, with a soft supernatural glow and a bittersweet romantic pull.

Directed by
Burr Steers
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Life is for living.
Overview
Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After high school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. As he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

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Directed by
Burr Steers
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • love
  • redemption
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism5
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Burr Steers
Written by
Craig Pearce, Lewis Colick
Starring
Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue, Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta, Dave Franco
Music
Rolfe Kent
Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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