Being Charlie (2015)

A would-be governor's addicted son goes down the long, rough road of rehab, fighting against recovery every inch of the way.

Director:

Rob Reiner

Writers:

Nick Reiner (screenplay), Matt Elisofon (screenplay)

Stars:

Nick Robinson, Common, Cary Elwes

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nick Robinson	...	Charlie Mills
Morgan Saylor	...	Eva
Devon Bostick	...	Adam
Susan Misner	...	Liseanne Mills
Ricardo Chavira	...	Drake
Common	...	Travis
Cary Elwes	...	David Mills
Christy Summerhays	...	Female Staffer
Erik Aude	...	Staffer #1
Richard Sharrah	...	Staffer #2
Charles Halford	...	Harry
Aubrey Reynolds	...	Stacey Chapman
Christopher Robin Miller	...	Gale
David H. Stevens	...	Paul
Zach Grant	...	Jimmy

Storyline

Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | drug addict | friendship | father son relationship | election | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, sexuality/nudity, and language throughout

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

6 May 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Being Charlie - Zurück ins Leben

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,872, 8 May 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$11,872, 8 May 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Jorva Entertainment Productions, Defiant Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cary Elwes plays David in this film, directed by Rob Reiner. The actor played Westley in Rob Reiner's "The Princess Bride."

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Goofs

Travis the counselor tells Charlie he spent two years in County Jail. By law the maximum time you can spend in County Jail is 364 days. Any sentence beyond that gets you sent to prison.

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Quotes

Charlie Mills: [sing-songy] You're an asshole.
Adam: Why am I an asshole? Oh, 'cause I want to fuck your new girlfriend?
Charlie Mills: Yeah, yeah, it might be that.

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Connections

References Deliverance (1972)

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Soundtracks

Appropriate Cocktail Behavior
Written and performed by Sean Baker

User Reviews

To be or not to be

And I wish Charlie 'not to be'. Oh, this flick is predictable and mostly boring! It has some good moments mostly within the first half hour but overall it's so been done before.

The opening of the story is certainly an attention grabber with Charlie leaving that 'Christian rehab center and smashing the stain glass window! Then being given a ride with a woman suffering cancer. Something surely of substance is going to unfold before us -- no not at all. Charlie calls a friend and the friend takes him home to Bel-Air to his very wealthy family. From this point on everything about this story is so predictable. Who couldn't figure out the father would put his political career first and the mother would be the go between for father and 'druggy' son? Of course there's the on again off again doped-up girl for Charlie, his friend Adam who accepts Charlie for what he is (and by-the-way Adam is the only character in the whole move with a personality), and Charlie is on the street then off the street then on the street.

The ultimate message here is that no one can change their life until they decide to do it themselves. This is symbolically shown when Charlie sweeps up the broken bottles at the beach house - his life at 18 years old is also a broken mess and it's time to clean it up. An hour and a half to get to the message everyone already knows. The end.