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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

R

Released Feb 8, 2013

1h 25m

Comedy

Drama

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A graphic designer (Charlie Sheen) plays out unusual fantasies in his head as a way of coping with the departure of his longtime lover.

Critics Consensus

Tiresomely self-indulgent and lacking any storytelling cohesion, this Glimpse Inside the Mind finds little food for thought.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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

Rated: 1/4

Feb 14, 2013

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

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

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 14, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

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

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Sarah Gopaul

Digital Journal

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

Oct 22, 2018

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Richard Haridy

Quickflix

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.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 25, 2013

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steve d

A self indulgent mess of a film that has no idea what it wants to be.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Terry S

A tremendous waste of talent and MONEY !! My God --The money wasted !

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/04/21

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Audience Member

Interesting collection of actors but I was expecting more, kind of incoherent and a mess.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

You could probably put Bill Murray in a movie called "The Adventures of Jar Jar Binks on Battlefield Earth" and he would find a way to save the movie or at least pull it into the 2-star range. But even Bill Murray couldn't save this train wreck. Horrible film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

This is the worst piece of s$#t movie I have ever seen.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/20

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Audience Member

It's a mess and I loved it; but not in the so-bad-it's-good way, in its own wacky, stylishly dreamy way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

A graphic designer (Charlie Sheen) plays out unusual fantasies in his head as a way of coping with the departure of his longtime lover.

Director: Roman Coppola
Producer: Roman Coppola, Youree Henley
Screenwriter: Roman Coppola
Distributor: American Zoetrope, A24
Production Co: American Zoetrope
Rating: R (Some Nudity|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2014
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital