Charly (A Heartbeat Away) (2002)

Sam Roberts thinks he has all the answers: the purpose of life, the meaning of love, the plan for a perfect future. Until Charly walks into his life.

Critic Reviews

Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
The film is old-fashioned, occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface.
Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly
A competent but self-righteous film that offers little insight into love or faith.
Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
If religious films aren't your bailiwick, stay away. Otherwise, this could be a passable date film.
David Chute, L.A. Weekly
The movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications.
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews
Beers, who, when she's given the right lines, can charm the paint off the wall ... [but] the script goes wrong at several key junctures.
Eric D. Snider, EricDSnider.com
It is a likable story, told with competence.
Bruce Bennett, Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
'Charly' will divide its audience in two separate groups, those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy...
Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
Charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions.
Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
Imagine the CleanFlicks version of 'Love Story,' with Ali MacGraw's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes.
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as believable as it should be.

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