Charades (1998)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Erika Eleniak | as | Monica | | James Wilder | as | Quinn | | C. Thomas Howell | as | Evan | | Kimberley Kates | as | Laura | | Jack Scalia | as | Barry | | Karen Black | as | Jude | | James Russo | as | Max Targenville | | Richard Hillman | as | Tow Truck Driver | | Robert Fields | as | Paul Curtiss | | James Andronica | as | Sgt. Demski | | Robert Hoffmo | as | Sgt. Muldoon | | Don Moss | as | FBI Chief | | Zoe Clarke-Williams | as | Quinn's Secretary | | Jann Karam | as | Receptionist | | Niklaus Lang | as | FBI 2 |
| | Crew list: | | Stephen Eckelberry (Director) | | Richmond Riedel (Writer) | | Karen Black (Writer) |
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Review
After a street fight in a nice suburban neighborhood, we go back a few hours and learn more about the characters involved. Barry works in the shipping department of Technoworks, a high-tech company. He's invited to a barbecue that his boss Quinn is having. The party gets out of hand, Barry plays a demented version of charades while standing on a picnic table, and the next door neighbor, Targenville, screams obscenities over the fence. When Jude, the widow of the owner of Technoworks arrives, we learn of her husband's demise as part of a kidnapping scheme gone awry. As the film progresses, the question is who was the kidnapper, and how will they pay for the consequences of their crime. The information comes to us like a puzzle, echoing the film's namesake, and we are, by the end, able to, as Jude tells us, "Put the pieces together". |
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