

Brian and Charles
Some friendships are built to last.
An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
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6.3/10
195 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $216.2K
- Language
- English
- inventor
- mockumentary
- robot
- public humiliation
- eccentric man
- town bully
- shared loneliness
- science fiction
- robot companion
- shy guy
- gadgets
- evil neighbor
Top billed cast
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTSundance Film Festival (Virtual)23 Jan 2022
- TheatricalPG17 Jun 2022
- PhysicalPGBlu-ray30 Aug 2022
- Digital / OTTPGPeacock30 Sept 2022
- TVPGStarz30 Mar 2024
- Digital / OTTPGNetflix30 Mar 2026
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG8 Jul 2022
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG20 Apr 2023
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT17 Feb 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1220 Jun 2022
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTTPG8 Jul 2022
LithuaniaLT
- Digital / OTTŽMONĖS Cinema22 May 2025
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1617 Jun 2022
RomaniaRO
- Theatrical1217 Jun 2022
SpainES
- Theatrical13 Jan 2023
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Brian and Charles was released on 17 June 2022.
Audience reviews
3- M8/10
Manuel São Bento
2/21/2022
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/brian-and-charles-spoiler-free-review-sundance-2022 "Brian and Charles will definitely end up as one of the most endearing, funniest, feel-good stories of the whole year. Jim Archer takes David Earl and Chris Hayward's original screenplay and uses their extraordinary, amusing performances to bring to life a narrative about true friendship and auth…
- C7/10
Chris Sawin
6/17/2022
Familiarities aside, _Brian and Charles_ is written in a way that tugs at your heartstrings and reminds us that we should be judged by what’s inside even if our insides are a plethora of tangled cords and flashing lights and not a beating, blood pumping heart. The film touches on loneliness and bullying that is easy to sympathize with if you’ve ever suffered from either. _Brian and Charles_ may revolve around a creat…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/5/2022
David Earl is "Brian". He lives in a cottage in a rural Welsh location where he regularly turns his hand to inventing. Much like "Caractacus Potts" in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), his inventions are far fetched, half baked and frankly rather daft. Until, that is, he decides to convert an old washing machine into a robot. Miraculously - probably thanks to a mouse and a terrific thunderstorm - this robot comes ali…
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