Another movie that is adapted from a book (The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud by Ben Sherwood). The story is about a young man who is living with his mother and little brother (their dad left them when they were little). He just finished high school and is about to go to Stanford on a sailing scholarship (is there really such a thing?), but his dreams were crushed in a car accident, in which his little brother died.
He then takes the blame for it and could not let go of his dead brother. He gave up all his dreams, works in the cemetery where his brother was buried and "play baseball" every day with his imaginary dead brother for the next 5 years. Until one day a girl comes along, they did the nasty (well, sort of.....), and he decided that sex is more fun than playing baseball with his brother's ghost.
This film is THE make or break movie for Zac Efron. Previously he is known as the "high school musical boy", and now he's trying to take on more mature roles. Well, I guess his acting is not bad, but the whole story is quite boring and there's really nothing much to explore. So, I'm quite disappointed and should have just waited for the DVD to come out. I give it 2 out of 5 stars.
The only memorable scene was "making love with the ghost of a semi-dead girl in a cemetery". Now THAT'S original! ;-)
hmm i still see zac efron as a walking ken doll LOL
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