Crafted like a sort of watered down Wes Anderson sketch, Coppola fails to utilize his main attraction effectively, and thwarts us with this tonally awkward exercise.

| Aug 7, 2019

Though the transitions from real to imagined can be jarring, the picture remains cohesive because the discussions between scenes remain consistent.

| Oct 22, 2018

It's rare to witness a film with such a profound disconnect between the director's intention and the final product. It's clear Coppola is striving for some kind of meaningful sublime statement but in reality he has created an interminably vacuous picture.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 25, 2013

The what-the-heck-was-that? novelty wears off with astonishing speed once it sinks in that none of this is going anywhere.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 13, 2013

Sheen is about as capable of playing a character who isn't Charlie Sheen as he is of playing a dog, or a muffin, or a bottle of shampoo.

| Original Score: D | Jun 23, 2013

a Walter Mitty approach to justify the decadent and pathetic life of Charlie Sheen

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jun 9, 2013

A light (and slight) surrealistic comedy of emotional waywardness -- intriguing enough to qualify as a playful lark.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 26, 2013

Director Roman Coppola is nothing if not soaked in movie lore.

| Original Score: C minus | Mar 15, 2013

When the subtlest part of your film is Charlie Sheen's performance, you've got a problem.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 13, 2013

And that glimpse reveals that the mind of Charles Swan III is actually a bad movie.

| Original Score: D | Mar 9, 2013

It's a nearly perfect apology for the existence of Sheen2013, packaging him as a man out of time, born too late to be the kind of louche, decadent figure he'd easily get away with being 40 years ago.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 7, 2013

At once feeds into and deconstructs the Sheen persona; it also serves as a welcome reminder that, when he's not busy "winning" or having a public meltdown, the man is a charismatic onscreen presence.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Feb 19, 2013

This giant turkey was produced, written, and directed by Roman Coppola, who must have thought the dumb fantasy sequences, steeped in movieland imagery, would remind people of 8-1/2 (or, at the very least, Head).

| Feb 15, 2013

An artist-playboy stalking an ex-girlfriend sounds tailor-made for Charlie Sheen, but he and his comedy are rather bland. A not quite fully formed film from Roman Coppola.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Feb 15, 2013

It allows moviegoers the dubious pleasure of experiencing what a film by the late Bob Fosse might have been like if only Fosse had been a moron.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 14, 2013

The audience finds out just how long 84 minutes can be. The answer: really long.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 14, 2013

Charles Swan III just needs to grow up. And unpleasant as it may be, we deserve more than a glimpse into his mind.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 14, 2013

There isn't much interesting about delving into the psyche of a broad, meaningless caricature. Ooh, tell us about your rich internal life, Joe Camel!

| Original Score: F | Feb 14, 2013

Do we sympathize with Swann? Not remotely. Do we find his friends interesting? Not at all.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 14, 2013

Perhaps the best thing that can be said about the film is that it adequately depicts the narcissism of its star ...

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 14, 2013