🎬 Brian and Charles (2022) | Low Budget, Big Heart!

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This is one of those movies I picked up in my backlog once probably seeing it mentioned in a YouTube video somewere about 'best movies of the year' possibly as an honorable mention. Movies like this which kind of look weird and aren't popular but get a reasonable score are ones I tend to apreciate. I watched it last Friday along with a friend who came over who actually got it from me but already watched it and wanted to see it again. One of the appeals was also that it only is a 90-Minute movie and as a Science Fiction - Comedy - Drama something that is very easy to watch whatever mood you are in.

Brian And Charles (6.8/10)

This is a full lenght adaptation of a short film that was made in 2017 and was released in 2022. It is about a bit of a loner middle-aged guy named Brian, who lives alone in Whales on the countryside in a smaller vollage. He also is somewhat of an inventor making rather weird strange things.

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One of the things he tried to make was a Robot I assume to have some kind of companion as he's rather lonely since he quite otherworldly. At first it doesn't work but eventually it does and the movie follows the evolution of the friendship and the wondering about the world of the Robot who is named Charles. The town and some of the people who live there also is a theme of which one is a bully which becomes one of the main story arch

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This clearly is a low budget movie and the Robot Charles is literally a guy inside a too big cardbord box which represents a Washing Machine with a puppet head sticking out on top and legs of a normal human. If anything, it reminded me of bad visual effects of the early Doctor Who Episodes which had theor charm. The story itself isn't anything groundbreaking but especially with the bully situation manages to spark some emotions.

Conclusion
As I watched this one with a friend and we talked a bit especially at the start of the movie, I wasn't always as focused on it but it still worked and I ended up just enjoying this one without anything more. I would say it's a fun movie if you don't have much time and are into weird lower budget movies. I would say a movie with a big heart, some good laughts and emotions that delivers what you can expect from it from reading the plot or watching the trailer. A Solid 6.8/10

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