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- 1993
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
Summary A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin.
Directed By: Richard Attenborough
- 1993
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
Chaplin
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7.5
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Summary A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin.
Directed By: Richard Attenborough
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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18% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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18% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
77% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
5% Negative
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1 Review
For a brilliant approximation of the man himself, watch Downey in this film. This is a performance created out of equal parts talent, hard work and love. It's uncanny. [08 Jan 1993, p.3]
Telling the entire story of Chaplin's 88 years was probably a hopeless goal, but the biopic does offer the saving grace of a truly remarkable central performance by Robert Downey Jr. and some lovely moments along the way.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
Based on 27 User Ratings
7.5
74% Positive
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The film's one great asset, a real surprise, is Robert Downey Jr. in the title role. He grabs something of the Little Tramp's innate grace and anarchic wit, and he runs with it -- pratfalls with it and waddles off into the sunset with it. [08 Jan 1993, p.G5]
It's a monumental biopic that cheapens the hero's successes by glossing over the failures that surely also shaped the man.
This packaged tour through the great man's career is unenlightening and obfuscating, despite an adept lead performance by Robert Downey Jr.
Chaplin is a screen biography of a comedy legend that takes itself much too seriously. [08 Jan 1993, p.8]
A massive Hollywood biopic about a man who never quite seems there.
Production Company
Carolco Pictures,
Japan Satellite Broadcasting (JBS),
Canal+,
RCS Video
Release Date Jan 8, 1993
Duration 2 h 23 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline He made the whole world laugh and cry. He will again.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
