Charlotte (2021)

Where did the budget go?

"Charlotte" is a a daring film, dealing with importan and heavy topics. One can be thankful to the directors for that they dare to tell the story of a too easily forgotten artist, that I didn'tknow about before. Having it be animated seems like a good choice, considering Charlotte's world already exists in paintings.

But There are just SO many questionable artistic decisions!

Starting from the animation style that is rendering everything lifeless. Because it's not hand animated but seemingly just floating lines, from a to b. It was most obvious in some of the walking animation, but so many more to wonder about!

The many reoccurring Kissing scenes that where weirdly long and didnt work in this toonboom cutout animation style Then the super thick character lines? Who thought that was a good idea? Especially with the way the backgrounds looked?

And the writing & directing... going through plot points like it was the most unemotional roadmap. There where so many dramatic, heartbreaking moments with enormous potential! But it never seemed like anyone on the film team cared much for them, the was no sense that the directors emotionally connected to what they where showing.

The film was surely a great effort and I am thankful for having learned about Charlotte. The unusually high budget suggests that there must have been some unexpected twists and turns in the making of this film, since it doesnt translate to quality on the screen. I'm sure there's an other, very interesting story there about the making of this project. And someone tells this story one day because I'm eager to learn from the many undoubtedly interesting experiences in the making of this film.