Overview
A gripping tale of love and desperation unfolds as a young man navigates the complexities of immigration and identity.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- brooding
- intimate
- paranoid
- thoughtful movie night
- social justice film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a taut, well-acted social thriller that turns immigration pressure and racism into intimate suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Esmail searches for a woman who can secure his stay in Denmark, making intimacy inseparable from residency pressure.
The countdown surrounding Esmail's ability to remain in Denmark drives the film's escalating tension.
Esmail's Iranian background and immigrant status place him between personal aspiration, Danish society, and racist hostility.
The immigrant-bride premise complicates Esmail's developing love for Sarah and the motives behind his relationships.
Films like The Charmer, and why
A Better Life
shares intimate immigrant protagonists, social realism, racism depicted, and morally tense relationship drama
The Visitor
shares contemporary migration pressures, romance shaped by legal precarity, and restrained social-realist tension
A Hijacking
shares Scandinavian social realism, outsider identity, institutional pressure, and brooding thriller atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Milad Alami
- Release Date
- 2018-05-17
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (28)
Cast
- Ardalan Esmaili
- Soho Rezanejad
- Lars Brygmann
- Susan Taslimi
- Stine Fischer Christensen
- Amalie Lindegård
- Jesper Lohmann
- Austa Lea Jespersen
- Morten Hee Andersen
- Dan Boie Kratfeldt
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Charmer about?
- A desperate Iranian immigrant in Denmark turns romantic pursuit into a dangerous struggle for belonging when genuine love collides with legal precarity and a threatening past.
- What is The Charmer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Charmer as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Charmer violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Charmer as mild.
- What did critics think of The Charmer?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a taut, well-acted social thriller that turns immigration pressure and racism into intimate suspense.
- Which films are like The Charmer?
- Films with a similar feel include A Better Life, The Visitor, and A Hijacking.
- How long is The Charmer?
- The Charmer runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Charmer?
- In United States, The Charmer is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home.
