‘A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III’ Trailer: Roman Coppola’s Wacky Take On A Relationship Breakdown

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, the second feature fromRoman Coppola,runs a breezy 85 minutes. With the release of its first trailer, we can see just what the regular Wes Anderson collaborator has in store to follow up his feature debut from 2001. That debut film,CQ, was an illustration of romantic longing and personal disillusionment filtered through the swinging sci-fi weirdness ofBarbarellaandDanger: Diabolik. This one, asrecent character posterssuggested, seems far more light.

In fact this film, in whichCharlie Sheenplays a guy who isn’t taking his recent breakup all that well, looks like it goes even further out into goofy territory. The trailer sells a wacky comedy in which Sheen,Jason Schwarzman, andBill Murrayare dressed as cowboys and beset by women dressed in the summer 2012 collection from Urban Outfitters. That’s just for starters.

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Schwarzman looks like he’s having a grand old time; in fact, the entire cast looks like they’re having the time of their lives. And then there’s Sheen, who displays a couple of genuinely affecting glances in this footage, and may just get his own redemption thanks to Coppola. Check out the footage below.

I can see why reviews out of the Rome Film Fest pegged the film as a superficial pleasure, but the spirit in the trailer looks like good fun. I’m definitely game to see all of these actors running off on a crazy lark. Perhaps there are expectations for something more heavy, given that this is (a) from a Coppola and (b) Roman’s first feature in a decade. But I’ll take the film represented by that trailer, no problem.

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan IIIopens on June 26, 2025.Applehas the trailer.