![]() ![]() However, it's an entertaining read with likable characters, several funny scenes and a good heart. Charly is a 2002 romantic film directed by Adam Thomas Anderegg based on Jack Weylands book of the same name. Weyland often resorts to telling rather than showing, resulting in a book that sometimes feels more like a teleplay than a novel. And because the novel is so heavy on dialogue and short on introspection, a promising subplot involving Adam's struggles with the temptation of pornography is resolved too quickly and easily. Brianna's quick transformation from a tense, lonely sister missionary to a loving, confident friend and romantic interest is not terribly believable. ![]() The tension between his freewheeling approach and her meticulous severity follows them when they both finish their missions and return to their regular lives, where she is a successful attorney and he can't decide on a career. But their conversion is ancillary to the story, which is primarily a romantic comedy, with sparks flying between Adam and a prickly sister missionary, Brianna Doneau. Desperate to have a connection with their only grandchild, they agree to listen to his beliefs and predictably accept them. Here, Charly's grown son, Adam Roberts, serves a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Jersey, and his curiosity about his deceased mother leads him to break mission rules and leave his area to call on his maternal grandparents. Was recently a major motion picture, offers a lighthearted next-generation sequel to Charly ![]() Weyland, a bestselling author in the Mormon market whose novel Charly ![]()
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