Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story

Released Oct 4, 2017

1h 26m

Documentary

Action

Adventure

Biography

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After Eduardo Garcia gets electrocuted in the Montana backcountry, he loses one hand, ribs, muscle mass and nearly his life, but he finds more than he lost.

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

This documentary about an adventurous hero is all the more inspiring because it is true.

Nov 2, 2017

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Stephen Farber

Hollywood Reporter

Charged never simplifies Eduardo's nature or the key relationships in his life. We end up appreciating his charisma and marveling at his resilience without ever seeing him as a paragon.

Feb 6, 2017

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Inspirational true life story of how to push through life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Intelligent and heartwarming. Handling one of life's biggest curve balls with grace and coming out on top!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Surprisingly well done film. Reviewers who said Eduardo is not nice or relatable didn’t watch it all the way through.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/19

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tony h

I agree with the reviewer about his description of Eduardo being self obsessed and ultimately not a really nice person. Summed up by his now best mate that clearly still loves him and has been repeatedly hurt by his behaviour. Story of survival is obviously incredible and good luck to him but as a film I was a bit put off as to be honest as I just didn't like him.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Survival stories are often a difficult listen. Make no mistake, surviving these kind of injuries, ones reminiscent of those of WWI soldiers with whole bits missing, bits you wouldn't think you could survive missing, is an incredible feat. But the personal qualities of this kind of individual are often inversely proportional to those you would find attractivery in a small space. Survivors often live by crawling over their loved ones to get out of the exit door or drink the last water. It makes the event and, in this case the subsequent recovery astonishing, particularly given subsequent events. But I was left with a profound unease about Garcia. For all his fortitude and strength, his self belief was almost psychotic. This becomes more apoarent as the story unfilds. His clandestine drug taking with his father and his infidelities during his time with his girlfriend are explained away by his subsequent devastating revelations which make the honesty more important than the damage he causes. His tales of childhood misdemeanours show a boy who thinks it is all about him and this vanity has persisted. As long as it is about him it's OK. As a film subject, he must have been a dream. There is nothing about him he doesn't want you to know.. Eduardo Garcia is a man who used some of the least desirable human qualities to survive an astonishing event. Best of luck to him. But I won't be joining him fir dinner any time soon even if he is, by his estimation, a great chef.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Charged is so much more than a survival story. Anyone can relate to this film that involves forgiveness, love, community and the sill to live!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Phillip Baribeau

Director

Eduardo Garcia

Actor

Jennifer Jane

Actor

Manuel Garcia

Actor

Eugenio García

Actor

Kathie Garcia

Actor

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Synopsis

After Eduardo Garcia gets electrocuted in the Montana backcountry, he loses one hand, ribs, muscle mass and nearly his life, but he finds more than he lost.

Director: Phillip Baribeau
Producer: Scott Ballew, Doug Ellin, Peter Hochfelder, Constance Schwartz, Michael Strahan, Teri Weinberg
Distributor: Gathr Films
Production Co: Implement Productions
Genre: Documentary, Action, Adventure, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 26m

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