Keaton as Charlie -- click text to watch scene

“The conception of Charlie is a modern cliché, a piece of psychobabble: she's an actress--i.e., a woman without a center, a flighty woman who feels empty and is looking for a role to play that will make her feel 'real.' But Keaton takes this conception so far that she gives it a painful, shrill validity….”  Pauline Kael