This is Robert's best performance , loved him
Robert Downey Jr deserved an Oscar win for this
Robert Downey Jr. takes the title role in this dramatized biography of the great pioneering silent movie star. Chaplin’s real life was stuffed with scandalous tidbits - romances with much younger women, an ugly paternity suit, clashes with the Hollywood elite, accusations of communism - and those all make it into the film, but muster very little power. Perhaps because they’re noted and discarded so quickly, mere bumps in the golden-paved road that barely cause an inconvenience. The film tries to excuse this with a flimsy framing device, the gray-haired star discussing his career with a biographer and intentionally skipping the difficult or revealing bits, but I don’t buy it. Instead it feels intentionally glossy and reverent, a take that’s more into its subject as a heroic underdog than a real, flawed human being.
And hey, great, I revere Chaplin too. We don’t need to drag him through the mud to make this biopic interesting... but it does need to be interesting. In that crucial respect, Chaplin is a whiff. Intriguing as it may be to see Tony Stark cosplaying as the little tramp, Marisa Tomei as Mabel Normand, Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks (perfect casting) and an underaged Milla Jovovich as one of Chaplin’s underaged brides, there’s very little to carry this film beyond sentiment and star power.
A true coattail-rider, told with a dearth of energy and enthusiasm, which is ironic as those are precisely the traits that have made its subject so beloved in the hundred-plus years since his heyday.
Continuing my quest to watch all the movies from all my future husbands: Robert Downey Jr :pound_symbol:3
For me, this movie was just a bit too long. It was really interesting though and I found it quite fascinating, although it was hard to root for Chaplin, given how many women he married (and how some were underaged). But I guess it's not about rooting for him, just learning about him. Robert Downey Jr absolutely smashed this role. If it weren't for him I don't know if I could have gotten to the end of this movie. Definitely an interesting watch.
Chaplin's life was as colorful as his films.
Great movie great director, great acting
The biography of one of the great genes of film.
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I never saw any of Chaplin's films yet, I just saw some clips from many different films but I definitely want to explore his filmography.
After seeing some clips from this film and someone that has told me that Robert Downey Jr. was great in it I wanted to see it right away and I really enjoyed it.
It's always good to see Downey Jr. act and once again I loved him! He portrayed Charlie Chaplin brilliantly! All of Chaplin's moves were perfectly executed!
This movie is more centered in his private life but it also has great parts about his cinematic life. It shows how people loved silent movie stars and how the transition from silent to sound made some slient actors fall in forgetfulness, even Chaplin suffered during that times as well.
Definitely worth watching!