Charlie St. Cloud

Here is yet another example, maybe the best yet, of how good of an actor Zac Efron is. Zac is Charlie St. Cloud. He has everything going for him until tragedy strikes his life leaving him to toil and wander through his life wondering how to move on. Charlie only ambition is sailing, and I don't mean military. He is a sailor and he loves it. His younger brother Sam, however, wants nothing more out of life than to be a professional baseball pitcher. Charlie loves Sam's drive, and they work on his craft every day of the week. These two brothers are close. Then it happens. Charlie is in a car accident and his passenger, his brother, is killed. This tears Charlie apart. He walks away from everything, and goes so far as to get a caretaker job over the cemetery where Sam has been laid to rest. Charlie soon realizes he has been given a gift. He is able to talk to Sam as if he is still alive. He can only do this at sun set though, and he makes him a promise that he will never miss a day, and they will continue their relationship. This is where we wonder if he is crazy or can he see dead people? That is the true heart of this tale. When Charlie meets a special girl, who not only shares his interest of sailing, but also helps him cope with Sam, he begins to slowly be reborn. He spends many days and some nights with his new lady friend, but he keeps his promise to Sam [which she doesn't know about.] He often high tails it away from her to not miss his brief encounter with his Bro. It really is about one man's struggle between reality and fantasy, or is it? When his new lady begins not showing up to meet him, something is a miss, but what? It really was a great film with a good surprise plot twist.

NBM rates Charlie St. Cloud - Awesome, and I rate myself a GENIUS for being able to bring two back to back posts with "Saint/St." in the title.