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Film · Universal · 1963

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Charade

34Leave it.

A pleasure built out of murders and false names. Leave the pleasure off the list of what to trust.

Take controlThis scores 34. Charade cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

Her husband is murdered and several men want the money he hid, so she runs around Paris with a man who keeps turning out to be someone else. The coat is beautiful and the dialogue is better than the decade's actual spy films. I enjoyed both and I am not going to pretend enjoyment is a recommendation. The body count is a series of jokes. A widow's fear is a setup for a kiss. The final revelation of a true name is supposed to make the earlier false ones adorable.

Adults who want a well-made triviality can have it and keep their heads. Do not hand it to a teenager as the sophisticated one. Sophistication here is a corpse and a quip in the same minute. Ask, at the end, how many dead people the romance required. The number is not zero, and the film does not mourn any of them. A romance that steps over bodies and stays light has told you what it thinks a body is. Believe it.

Journal

Keep Charade in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 34. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Scooby-Doo

41 instead of 34

Scooby-Doo is still a comedy film, and it scores 41 instead of 34. What you gain is truth: The monster is a man who wanted something.

The eight

4
Industry
People are hunting a stolen sum. The hunting is a game the film is delighted to play.
3
Household
A marriage was already a lie. The new romance is several lies in a better coat.
2
Piety
Nothing is revered. A corpse is a beat in a flirtation.
5
Courage
She stays in the chase when she could hide. The nerve is real and aimed at a fortune and a man.
3
Republic
A theft from a government is the backstory, used as seasoning.
3
Temperance
The appetite is the banter and the coat. Both are the product.
4
Truth
Everyone is lying. The film thinks a final true name is enough to retire the lies.
3
Stewardship
A house inherits a charming picture of murder as a flirt. Charming is the problem.

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Film · Netflix · 2026

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Animals

34Leave it.

He wins the city on a rescue that was not his.

Take controlThis scores 34. If you do not want Animals in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

Mark Kimball has already spent what the house had, in secret, on a race he is losing. His wife is already gone in all but the papers. A call says their son is taken. The son is at home. The boy who was taken is Hector, the son of the man who waits on their housekeeper. A fixer is hired. At the end the public is told that Mark is the man who saved the boy, and the votes follow.

The measure is that last thank-you. A child was the price of a story, and the story is what the city believed. Do not admire the nerve.

Journal

Keep Animals in the record.