SummaryCharlie Victor Romeo is a performance documentary derived entirely from the "Black Box" transcripts of six major real-life airline emergencies.
Directed By:Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Karlyn Michelson
Written By:Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Irving Gregory
Charlie Victor Romeo
Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
User score
Available after 4 ratings
tbd
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
Not available in your country?
ExpressVPN
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jan 31, 2014
80
The ritualized presentation of these disasters... adds up to a kind of unsettling spiritual experience, a communion with the dead that demands the quiet participation of a group
Jan 28, 2014
80
Charlie Victor Romeo shows us how much of life's weight and meaning can be packed into one second of thought or action; it's a work of shivery intimacy.
Jan 29, 2014
75
Whatever reservations it prompts, the film is innovative, original, and queasily effective.
Jan 31, 2014
70
That the same performers keep returning in different roles, playing Peruvian and Japanese flyers as well as American ones, only adds to the sense of man as machine. Everything, and everyone, must run like clockwork. Yet no apparatus is foolproof.
Jan 30, 2014
60
As seen in Charlie Victor Romeo (code for “Cockpit Voice Recorder”), the events are almost unbearably gripping.
Jan 28, 2014
40
The small company of actors make convincing pilots, flight attendants, and air-traffic controllers, but their activities, tragic and brave though they may be, quickly grow monotonous.
User Reviews
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Production Company:
- 3-Legged Dog
- Collective:Unconscious
Release Date:Jan 29, 2014
Duration:1 h 30 m
Tagline:What is going on up there behind the door in the front of the airplane? Who are these people we trust our lives to, and what do they really do when things go horribly wrong?
Awards
AFI Fest
• 1 Nomination




























