I don’t know if I had the patience for a sad love story jumping back and forth in time against a perpetually cloudy New Orleans.
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Directed by Tom Dean +1
A grounded romance.
The journey of a young woman, Harper, and a young man, Charlie, as they meet, leave their respective homes, and attempt to build a life together in a new city. As the driven and ambitious Harper works to build a career as a chef, and the brilliant-yet-stuck Charlie struggles to get himself on track, their relationship faces growing challenges.
Charlie Harper is showing in 11 cinemas in Los Angeles - next screening Monday 28 September at 13:00 at Regal Garden Grove.
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I don’t know if I had the patience for a sad love story jumping back and forth in time against a perpetually cloudy New Orleans.
Nick Robinson is always a treat to watch, but Nick Robinson as a skater boy in baggy clothes and a backwards cap is a true blessing.
Ahh, love during the Obama administration. How nice that must have beenI found a lot of this to be grating: the structure is a bit odd, the characters are incredibly shallow, its constantly changing aspect ratios, film grain and jumping between three time periods. Because of the time period jumping they really need to do some work to make our stars look younger. Emilia Jones with the swept across bangs is not a good look for her, but it reminded me of my friend from middle school, so at least it was period accurate. And sure, Charlie straight up sucks and is an alcoholic, but your problems didn’t seem that bad guys. Maybe you shouldn’t have moved to post Katrina, mid recession, New Orleans and your relationship would have survived. You literally walked into your dream job Harper. It just makes Charlie’s character seem a bit shallow as he’s reduced to just being an aimless drunk savant. However, I’d be lying if I said the last 20 minutes or so, once all these time lines finally line up and it stops switching aspect ratios, it didn’t win over the cynic in me. “Don’t throw away your shoe box.” fuck you man, I do that. Totally didn’t make me cry. That’s probably my biggest red flag, I’m a yearner, I always root for everyone to get back together in movies. Super sappy and I’m sure my girlfriend would have loved it, it’s just too sloppy to outweigh the very basic “you made me a better person” ending. I should make a tag for movies I’ve never heard of before they pop up for showtimes one one of my local theatres apps. It happens a lot more than you would think, I just need to come up with something clever but not too long, because I’m seeing The Stunt Driver tomorrow and that’s another movie I had never heard of before I checked Regals app. 2026 On the Silver Screen2026, My Year In Movies
Charlie Harper follows a young couple as they attempt to build a life together in a new city while facing the growing strains of love and ambition.
Charlie Harper was directed by Mac Eldridge and Tom Dean in 2025, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.