The Truth About Charlie

A 2002 remake of the 1963 film, Charade, directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Thandie Newton as Regina "Reggie" Lambert, Mark Wahlberg and Tim Robbins.

This film contains examples of the following tropes:

 * Affably Evil:  Regina even calls   "sweet".
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: done twice by
 * Darker and Edgier: initially played straight with gritty scenes of Paris, then subverted with
 * Designated Girl Fight:
 * Dirty Coward: Charlie through and through -
 * Equal Opportunity Evil
 * Evil Matriarch: Charles's mother blames Regina for
 * Five-Bad Band:
 * Big Bad:
 * The Dragon and Dark Chick: Lola
 * Evil Genius:
 * The Brute: Emil "Zad" Zadapec
 * Minion With an F In Evil:
 * Friends With Benefits: Commandant Dominique and her (male) partner.
 * Gender Flip:
 * Lola is the Distaff Counterpart of the the character played by George Kennedy in the original.
 * Commandant Dominique is played by Christine Boisson; in the original by Jacques Marin as Insp. Edouard Grandpierre
 * Girl On Girl Is Hot: the tango scene between Lola, the female member of the Five-Bad Band; Regina; and Jeanne, the female Commandant Inspector.
 * Hero Antagonist:
 * Inspector Javert: Commandant Dominique, a rare female example.
 * Les Yay: Regina and Lola; Regina and Commandant Inspector Jeanne Dominique.
 * Magical Realism: Charles Aznavour shows up to sing to the lovers once while a recording of his is playing, and at the end of the film. How this happens is never explained.
 * Mexican Standoff: between
 * Mood Whiplash: between the claustrophobic and paranoid feeling one gets while Regina is walking through Paris, and things like Charles Aznavour showing up, and, the film can't figure out if it's a dark comedy or a straight thriller.
 * One-Woman Wail: on the soundtrack during the Mexican Standoff.
 * Race Lift:
 * Reggie is played by Thandie Newton; in the original, she was played by Audrey Hepburn.
 * Il-Sang Lee (played by Joong-Hoon Park) is the Asian counterpart of the James Coburn character in the original film.
 * Lisa Gay Hamilton's Lola has a Race Lift and a Gender Flip (originally played by George Kennedy).
 * Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves:
 * Scenery Porn: No matter how gritty the streets, it's still Paris!
 * Trailers Always Lie: where to begin?
 * The trailer makes it look like more of a straightforward Thriller, and leaves out all the Magical Realism.
 * Ted Levine's line in the trailer "Has he laid his tango routine on you?" gets changed to "Aznavour routine" in the film.
 * Lola ; but not in the movie.
 * Lola ; but not in the movie.