Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

Charlie St. Cloud has been given the gift of seeing his deceased brother, but when a new love interest is in trouble he must choose between saving a life or continuing to see his brother everyday.

Director:

Burr Steers

Writers:

Craig Pearce (screenplay), Lewis Colick (screenplay),

Stars:

Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zac Efron	...	Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie Tahan	...	Sam St. Cloud
Amanda Crew	...	Tess Carroll
Augustus Prew	...	Alistair Wooley
Donal Logue	...	Tink Weatherbee
Kim Basinger	...	Claire St. Cloud
Ray Liotta	...	Florio Ferrente
Dave Franco	...	Sully
Matt Ward	...	Connors
Miles Chalmers	...	Latham
Jesse Wheeler	...	Green
Desiree Zurowski	...	Carla Ferrente
Adrian Hough	...	Ben Carroll
Jill Teed	...	Grace Carroll
Valerie Tian	...	Girl in Toy Store

Storyline

Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie's life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves

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Plot Keywords:

cemetery | caretaker | saving a life | grief | brother brother relationship | 

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Taglines:

Life is for living

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [es]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Filming Locations:

Eagle Harbour, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$44,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£314,873 (UK) (15 October 2010)

Gross:

£1,299,236 (UK) (15 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Marc Platt Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

An open online casting call was held for the part of Sam St. Cloud.

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Goofs

In the graduation scenes, Charlie and the other students with the yellow honors stoles were wearing them backwards, the ends should be in front, not back.

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Quotes

Sam St. Cloud: Mom's gonna kill us
Charlie St. Cloud: Don't worry I'll take the blame.
Sam St. Cloud: God I hurt so much.
[Florio's flashlight shines near their car]
Sam St. Cloud: What's that?
Charlie St. Cloud: They're looking for us.
Sam St. Cloud: Who?
Charlie St. Cloud: I don't know.
Sam St. Cloud: Please whatever happens, just don't leave me okay?
Charlie St. Cloud: I won't.
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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.89 (2010)

User Reviews

Cliché-free, simple but beautiful, well-acted film

I really enjoyed this movie. It didn't disappoint me at all because I didn't expect much more than a beautiful love story, pretty scenery, very good acting, and thought-provoking ideas. I got exactly what I came for and maybe even a little more. The script is pretty dull, but the way the movie was filmed and acted made it absolutely amazing the way I saw it. Absolutely gorgeous scenery and cinematography, original ideas and scenes (I loved the graveyard scene when Tess and Charlie are chasing each other around with candle lights and pretty music, there was nothing at all about it that I'd seen before), very good acting, and a very beautiful story is what made this movie so great in my eyes.

Despite how gorgeous Zac Efron is, it is clear he is capable of above-mediocre acting. He had nearly nothing to work with but made this movie captivating because of how carefully he played his words and showed his emotion. Nothing felt forced. The script is so dull but because of his ability to portray what was meant to be said, it made the movie ten times better. He is much more than good looks even though and I know his blue eyes are distracting, but he has a lot of talent. I think some people don't want to believe that someone can have both great looks and great talent because they get envious. He has made astounding career choices and has worked his way to the top, unlike Miley Cyrus, he has pure talent and heart at what he does, and hasn't gone all bare-skinned and photo scandal-ish to draw attention away from his lack of talent. He is grateful for his career and his talent is shining through. I believe he has a very promising career ahead of him despite all this silly hatred he is getting. He is a precious gem in my eyes; both gorgeous and very talented and able to show emotion in such a real way. The lead actress Amanda Crew did an okay job, she wasn't terrible, wasn't great. His graveyard friend provided comic relief and I thought he was funny.

All in all, I give this movie 10/10 because I went in theaters to see it twice, I am thoroughly impressed with Zac and the career choices he has made, I loved how uniquely it was filmed and how original the story was, and I'm just a sappy hopeless romantic so I love films like this.