In a film this hapless, it’s hardly a surprise that no one can keep Bucharest and Budapest straight.
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Time Out
Time Out
It’s an engrossing, overstuffed disaster—sometimes captivating, sometimes too ingeniously terrible to turn away from; it’s like watching a car wreck in slow motion, if both cars were stuffed with confetti.
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Slant MagazineNick McCarthy
Slant MagazineNick McCarthy
An egregious entry into the pantheon of films about white Americans traveling to exotic lands in search of identity and soul-searching adventure.
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The PlaylistRodrigo Perez
The PlaylistRodrigo Perez
Charlie Countryman opens up with an interesting first section, but only backslides deeper and deeper in its overwrought and incoherent second and third acts.
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Village VoiceInkoo Kang
Village VoiceInkoo Kang
LaBeouf and Wood don't clang, but they don't quite click, either. That's not enough for the film to persuade us of its message, that love is worth any sacrifice.