10 Worst Film Remakes Since 2000

8. The Truth About Charlie

Truth About Charlie
Universal Pictures

Starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Donens Charade is one of the great comedy thrillers of the 1960s, as charming as it is exciting. Directed by Jonathan Demme, this remake makes so many odd choices that it distances the viewer and calls attention to itself at every available opportunity.

Winning Best director for The Silence Of The Lambs mustve gone to Demmes head because hes not interested in making a chase thriller for some reason, he just wants to reference French New Wave cinema, and even has Charles Aznavour (as himself) make an appearance. All in a movie starring Mark Wahlberg, no less.

Throw in a cacophonous musical score, overbearing camerawork and Tim Robbins as a too-shifty-to-be-believable government official and youve got a film that instead of exciting the audience leaves them wondering what they just witnessed.

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'