Charly

Robertson won an Oscar for his fine work here as the title character. Often needlessly arty but is well-served by the performances of Robertson and Bloom.

The emotional resonance gets drowned out by some poor direction chioces. Good performances, but the TV movie from a couple years back is a better adaptation.

The superlative Academy Award-winning performance of Robertson playing a mentally retarded bakery worker is reason enough to see this one. The rest of the film is appreciably less successful.