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Charly
Directed by
Ralph Nelson
PG
1968
1h 43m
Drama
,
Romance
,
and more
6.9
55%
62%
6.4
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An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
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Cast of Charly
Cliff Robertson
Charlie Gordon
Claire Bloom
Alice Kinian
Lilia Skala
Dr. Anna Straus
Leon Janney
Dr. Richard Nemur
Ruth White
Mrs. Apple
Dick Van Patten
Bert
Edward McNally
Gimpy
Barney Martin
Hank
William Dwyer
Joey
Dan Morgan
Paddy
Marianna Case
Young Woman (uncredited)
Leon Collins
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Cooper
Conference Attendee (uncredited)
Frank Dolan
Eddie (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen
Woman (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
Convention Speaker (uncredited) / Director / Producer
Donald Warnock
Conference Attendee (uncredited)
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Daniel Keyes
Novel
Selig J. Seligman
Executive Producer
Charly Ratings & Reviews
Kansas City Star
KC Star Staff
The film -- pretentiously directed by Ralph Nelson from a glib script by Stirling Silliphant -- is really a sci-fi soap opera posing as something significant.
Variety
Variety Staff
Instead of frittering away time on an unmotivated romance, it would have been interesting if the reasons for this psychologically complicated affair were explored.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Several sequences are risible (Charly as a surly biker?), the romance is scarcely believable, and the use of split-screen quickly grows wearying.
TV Guide
Michael Scheinfeld
The film's main problem is that director Ralph Nelson virtually ignores the philosophical elements of the story and emphasizes its most maudlin aspects, while throwing in a little sci-fi, romance, and spurious social commentary.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Cliff Robertson was rewarded with an Oscar for repeating his TV role, that of a mentally retarded man, and for paying with his own money for the screen adaptation of the popular novel, directed in a pedestrian mode by Ralph Nelson.
FulvueDrive-in.com
Chuck O'Leary
This moving film is the crowning achievement of Cliff Robertson's career.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
I'm told by someone whose opinion I respect that the novel was very moving and very sad. The movie is not. It's science-fiction without gadgets, a horror film without thrills.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...the fact that the majority of Charly feels utterly superfluous.
Filmcritic.com
David Bezanson
another example of a memorable book which ends up diluted by the lesser talents of screenwriters
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
As the story of a personality in crisis, it works.
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