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Chaplin
The movie is a re-creation of the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin, from his humble beginnings in south London through his early days in British vaudeville, his silent movie career in America and his late masterpieces.
17 December 1975, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
14 August 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 March 1962, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
14 July 1931, Bristol, England, UK
8 March 1984
February 27, 2008
For all the movie's undisputed competence, grand and inspired moments are thin on the ground.
January 01, 2000
It's a monumental biopic that cheapens the hero's successes by glossing over the failures that surely also shaped the man.
May 20, 2003
It's slick packaging around what is mostly warm air.
February 27, 2008
A sadly unenlightening attempt to profile the king of clowns.
December 04, 2008
It's a loving and often endearing homage to a man, but as with all things Hollywood, it ain't history
August 16, 2011
Robert Downey Jr. gives a strong, Oscar-nominated performance, but Attenborough's disappointingly formulaic biopic doesn't capture Chaplin's genius as artist or his complex life
February 27, 2008
A lot of loving care (but not much thought) went into this white elephant, and considering how fascinating a figure Chaplin is it's never exactly boring, but your time would be much better spent looking at any of Chaplin's pictures.
October 16, 2008
The movie was clearly made with a lot of love, and it has one deciding factor that sells it: Robert Downey Jr.
June 24, 2006
Attenborough's very traditional biopic is a disappointment.
May 12, 2001
The thrill of the ending, with real Chaplin film clips, only exposes the rest as a soporific.
February 27, 2008
With this reverential biopic, director Richard Attenborough has cranked out a many-reel, talky talkie.
September 25, 2012
Might be of interest to fans of the great comic, but as entertainment it ultimately fails.