Here comes another seemingly great romantic drama movie starring Zac Efron. He has grown up since his last 3 movies which were “17 Again (2009)”, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)” and “Me and Orson Welles (2008)”. In these movies he showed that he could be a good dramatic actor but in Charlie St. Cloud, he seems to have surpassed himself again. This time, the connection between the director Burr Steers and Zac Efron appears to be much more solid than their previous one, which was 17 Again, and which was pretty entertaining. Also, Charlie St. Cloud is an adaptation of a book by Ben Sherwood titled “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud”. We’ll see how good (or not so good) that movie is this Friday.
Directed by: Burr Steers
Staring: Zac Efron, Amanda Crew, Kim Basinger, Chris Massoglia, Dave Franco, Charlie Tahan, Donal Logue, Tegan Moss, Augustus Prew and Brenna O’Brien
Synopsis
Charlie St. Cloud (Zac Efron )is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother Sam (Charlie Tahan). So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl, who happens to be his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew), comes into Charlie’s life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after his newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.
