
Fatherless golden high school boy Charlie St. Cloud had a golden future, handsome, popular and admitted to Stanford on a scholarship, even recruited for a prestigious yacht sailing team. But shortly after graduating, Charlie feels existentially guilty about the death of his doting, beloved kid brother Sam whom he was driving to a playmate when a crashing car killed the junior. Charlie pledges to continue the baseball practice he promised to continue until entering Stanford, w... (Full plot summary below)
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Fatherless golden high school boy Charlie St. Cloud had a golden future, handsome, popular and admitted to Stanford on a scholarship, even recruited for a prestigious yacht sailing team. But shortly after graduating, Charlie feels existentially guilty about the death of his doting, beloved kid brother Sam whom he was driving to a playmate when a crashing car killed the junior. Charlie pledges to continue the baseball practice he promised to continue until entering Stanford, which he now ditches fro a menial job as graveyard keeper, while their mother shamelessly moved out of state, and tends to the grave of his Vietnam-killed former school buddy Sully, the second ghost who binds his sole to their beach home town. He's finally tempted to start living his own life again when he meets a female sailor his age about to embark on a transatlantic voyage and spends a ho night, but still can't 'leave Sam'. Only when he hears the authorities give up searching for her, having gone missing at sea during a storm, he misses a 'practice' at the beach when the morning canon is fired to sail hoping to save her life.
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| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleZac Efron is so pretty even dead people want to be his friend. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekMaudlin, manipulative tearjerker...St. Jude, as the script helpfully explains, is the patron of hopeless cases, but even his presence can't save this picture. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghA sentimental tearjerker about grief, miracles, letting go, moving on, second chances, the healing power of love, and the perpetual allure of pretty young movie stars. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA delicate film - not flimsy, but fragile - that holds together on the strength of Efron's physical presence and performance. |
| AV ClubScott TobiasThe film is memorable mainly for attractive people sailing and smooching against an attractive backdrop. There's no urgency behind all the preening. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Julian ShawIn the darkened anonymity of the theatre, you'll be enjoying every sappy twist along the way. |
| Christianity TodayLisa Ann CockrelEfron continues to transition gracefully from teen heartthrob to leading man material. He proves his dramatic mettle with an emotionally nuanced performance. The kid can act. |
| BDK ReviewsKevin McCarthyZac Efron can act and has a very large emotional arc. The film is both devastating and very uplifting though it does fall on the cheesy side at times. |
| MTVKurt LoderCharlie St. Cloud sees dead people. Possibly filing in to watch this movie. |
| Tolucan TimesTony MedleySentimental and ultimately entertaining, aimed at women, I thought I was going to die during the incredibly slow first hour, but it picked up during the last half hour. |