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.
2 March 1955, Wicklow, Ireland
16 February 1876, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
24 October 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1942, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
8 January 1966, Elmira, New York, USA
11 May 1971, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
18 April 1947, Vernal, Utah, USA
3 April 1971, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
16 January 1972, UK
21 August 1939, London, England, UK
27 February 1939, London, England, UK
14 July 1931, Bristol, England, UK
10 September 1963, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1 September 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 June 1925, Liverpool, England, UK
14 August 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 November 1970, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
16 February 1967, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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.
February 27, 2008
A sadly unenlightening attempt to profile the king of clowns.
February 27, 2008
For all the movie's undisputed competence, grand and inspired moments are thin on the ground.
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
May 20, 2003
It's slick packaging around what is mostly warm air.
September 25, 2012
Might be of interest to fans of the great comic, but as entertainment it ultimately fails.
May 12, 2001
The thrill of the ending, with real Chaplin film clips, only exposes the rest as a soporific.
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.
December 04, 2008
It's a loving and often endearing homage to a man, but as with all things Hollywood, it ain't history
June 24, 2006
Attenborough's very traditional biopic is a disappointment.
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.
February 27, 2008
With this reverential biopic, director Richard Attenborough has cranked out a many-reel, talky talkie.
