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All Sci-Fi member Rick Smith shares a "monsterkid memory" about the movie below.

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Charly (1968) (<— link)



Saw this in the theater when it was brand new and liked it a lot. I did think that Cliff Robertson's performance, Oscar or not, was just a mite overcooked.

I found him easy to believe as a genius, but his un-intelligent scenes were a little too precious for me.

Still a very good movie.

But... I tried showing it to my sons when they were young and they would have none of it. I don't think we got five minutes into the thing before I caved to their fervent demands that I turn it off.

Their complaints had nothing to do with story or performance. It was purely the look of the film that enraged them. My older son said it had that "70s look" (although, of course, it's actually a little older than that.) I knew what he meant. It's that gauzy, soft focus, desaturated colors thing, at least in part. He was right, it is a look shared by many movies of that period. It doesn't bother me. Matter of fact, it's kind of nostalgic for me. But for my sons, it was unpalatable.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)