Originally Premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition Selection.
Brian and Charles is about Brian is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, he soon attempts his biggest project yet. Build a robot. This is based on the original short film also called "Brian and Charles" and having seen the original short film, it's very sweet and wholesome to watch. It's interesting to readapt a short film to turn it into a feature length project. However after watching this, I feel like the short film has more wholeness rather than the film itself. No doubt that Jim Archer has a good idea of what the movie is going for but it's overall pretty basic and dull film.
David Earl's performance is great and most of the cast members do a really good job playing quirky, dry and odd like performances to capture their characters. There are some good camerawork, nice production designs and good sound designs throughout. Those were some of the main highlights of those movies. But at the end of the day, I wasn't really on the movie because I didn't find the story to be as investing as I was hoping for.
Most of the characters wasn't investable as it did feel like some of the characters were there to fill in for plot conveniences rather to add some kind of substance to the story. Some of the dialogue does feel a little rough. Some of the humor did work for me but for the most part, I didn't really find it to be as funny as many others have said.
By the end of the day, there isn't much to talk about because it's just a basic comedy that felt a little stretched out. I wish the movie did explore some themes but it unfortunately wasn't able to and it felt a little lacking at the end. It's still a well made movie with some nice wholesome moments but I don't feel like watching it again any time soon.
However, a little fun note, stay after the credits...
Rating: C+
Brian and Charles is about Brian is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, he soon attempts his biggest project yet. Build a robot. This is based on the original short film also called "Brian and Charles" and having seen the original short film, it's very sweet and wholesome to watch. It's interesting to readapt a short film to turn it into a feature length project. However after watching this, I feel like the short film has more wholeness rather than the film itself. No doubt that Jim Archer has a good idea of what the movie is going for but it's overall pretty basic and dull film.
David Earl's performance is great and most of the cast members do a really good job playing quirky, dry and odd like performances to capture their characters. There are some good camerawork, nice production designs and good sound designs throughout. Those were some of the main highlights of those movies. But at the end of the day, I wasn't really on the movie because I didn't find the story to be as investing as I was hoping for.
Most of the characters wasn't investable as it did feel like some of the characters were there to fill in for plot conveniences rather to add some kind of substance to the story. Some of the dialogue does feel a little rough. Some of the humor did work for me but for the most part, I didn't really find it to be as funny as many others have said.
By the end of the day, there isn't much to talk about because it's just a basic comedy that felt a little stretched out. I wish the movie did explore some themes but it unfortunately wasn't able to and it felt a little lacking at the end. It's still a well made movie with some nice wholesome moments but I don't feel like watching it again any time soon.
However, a little fun note, stay after the credits...
Rating: C+