Chaplin (1992)

That was an excellent one.

Simply A Masterpiece

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

it seems easy to define it. if you consider it a biographic film. or the work of a great actor. or portrait of Chaplin. a real good one. in fact, the film is little more. not a portrait but a trip. not a great work but a honest confession. not a surprise. only expression of precise definition of realities of a man making art. not revelation of secrets. only a form of proposition about the only important things. it could be defined a masterpiece if it grew up in yourself. because its Chaplin is out of explanations. he is well known. but the surprise remains as an air of state. and this impose the film as a happy meet.

Before I watch the movie, I thought that Chaplin's life was some kind a typical Hollywood actor's life: glamorous and easy; and he was the greatest actor of the 20's. But the movie completely changed my mind; now I'm able to see the real Chaplin, the one with a troubled love life, controversy political views and a big effort to achieve what he wanted, even having serious problems in his early life. Robert Downey Jr. is in one of his greatest performances as an actor, letting the viewer sometimes immerse completely itself inside the story. The movie has lots of beautiful shots, using the maximum of the photography art as possible to connect the image with the feelings which the director is trying to transmit. The narrative of the movie that tries to let it with some kind of a explanation behind each scene, moving through the past to the future is a little annoying sometimes, but it can't take the credit of the movie that tries to do a Chaplin's narrative-biography.I strongly recommend to watch, if you don't like Charles Chaplin's work, you might be interested in see what is his real history and the wonderful performances of the film.

Before I watched this film, I knew that Charlie Chaplin was a famous actor during the 1910s and 20s. I also recognized him in a few movies like "The Great Dictator". I also knew he had a strange mustache. I didn't know a lot about Chaplin's personal life. I didn't know he went through many difficult times. I learned a lot about him through watching this movie. I found out that he had three wives, all which were very young. I also found out he didn't have the best childhood because his mother was going crazy. Although it was very interesting, it wasn't enjoyable because it didn't have enough information. I felt that it wasn't goofy and funny enough as well. There also times where there was dialogue which lasted to long and felt boring. To conclude, "Chaplin" was a decent movie but could have some adjustments to help it be better

Chaplin is a film from 1992 and directed by the legendary filmmaker Lord Richard Attenborough and in the lead role Robert Downey Jr. The film is a real drama and biography to one of the greatest actors the world has ever known. Charlie Chaplin. Not only the film focuses on his work as actor and Director but also his personal life. To play such an iconic figure who has meant so much for the Film industry as it is today , you need a really actor. An actor who can bring this person on screen as it should be done. And I think Robert Downey Jr. really did a great job on playing Charlie Chaplin. He did such a great performance and showed all the different sides that Charlie Chaplin had on screen. He just did an excellent job and beautiful. His performance was what this film made so fantastic. Another great thing was the script. They did outstanding work on that because you need to have Charlie Chaplin-like humor in a film like this. The story in the film is build up on a very beautiful way from Charlie's childhood years were it all began for him until his final days until the moment he almost dies. Something I liked was that the old Charlie sometimes looks back and tells what happened and we see that happen in the film. This film is really great and to everybody who wants to know more about film or actors or filmmakers I recommend this film. I rate this film 9/10