
Charlotte (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman, who has studied in France, is living in London during World War II. Within a few weeks she falls in love with a young pilot and is recruited by the Secret Service to act as a courier for the French Resistance. However, her mission behind enemy lines becomes a personal mission to find her lover who has been shot down. Assigned to a Communist Resistance group, she encounters acts of betrayal from sometimes unexpected sources, ... (Full plot summary below)
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Charlotte (Cate Blanchett), a young Scottish woman, who has studied in France, is living in London during World War II. Within a few weeks she falls in love with a young pilot and is recruited by the Secret Service to act as a courier for the French Resistance. However, her mission behind enemy lines becomes a personal mission to find her lover who has been shot down. Assigned to a Communist Resistance group, she encounters acts of betrayal from sometimes unexpected sources, but meets the violence of war and her own disappointment with hope.
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| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorCharlotte Gray is not a subtle movie, but it is an honorable and surprisingly gripping one. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorRedolent with luxurious, old-fashioned pleasures. |
| San Francisco ExaminerJoe LeydonThe script doesn't give Blanchett nearly enough to do to sustain a rooting interest in her character. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCate Blanchett has the title role, and she does wonders with it, bringing a degree of passion but also suggesting something essentially unevolved in Charlotte's character. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyAn old-fashioned romantic adventure film strongly acted, ably directed and written with stolid sobriety, the film feels, save for a few moments of verbal or physical intensity, as if it could have been made 60 years ago with Ingrid Bergman in the lead. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonHas an intoxicating, old-fashioned feel about it. We are instantly lost in the period, thanks to cinematographer Dion Beebe's almost haloed images and Joseph Bennett's authentic, restrained production design. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigDisplays so much promise with its beautiful cinematography and superb portrayal by Cate Blanchett that you scarcely notice (or even care) that the story is a bit thin. |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsIt stretches credulity, strains patience, and eventually, falls flat. |
| Filmcritic.comRachel GordonIt is indeed a pleasant surprise to see a female character that is strong in degrees, that is human instead of perfect. |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowMature material in this old-fashioned WWII movie. |