MEN TROUBLE.('Roger Dodger' and 'The Truth About Charlie')(Movie Review)

The new Jonathan Demme picture, "The Truth About Charlie," concerns the beautiful Regina Lambert (Thandie Newton), who returns to Paris from vacation to learn that her husband has been killed and that, far worse, the furnishings have been removed from her apartment. The deceased was a Swiss citizen named Charles, although he clearly wasn't; it is the principle of this movie that no man worth his salt should be content with the dull, unseasoned flavor of a single personality. Proof of this comes from Charles's multiple passports, from the diamonds that he seems to have purloined, and from the noms de guerre adopted by everyone who wants a piece of the booty. This group ...