With the type of attention to detail and editing that Chaplin used throughout his career, this documentary could have been wonderful. But it's not. It's overly long, dwells too much on some things while ignoring others, and gives us an arms-length view. Shame. Better editing could make it wonderful.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Action / Documentary
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Action / Documentary
Plot summary
Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery - until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies and newly restored classic films reveal a side to Chaplin that the world never got to see.
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Could have been wonderful
Pretentious and overly long
This documentary would have been much more interesting had we been able to hear more interviews from people who knew him as opposed to this two hour long art school thesis. The narrator is so pretentious and the entire thing plays like one long episode of some leftist drivel mocked in Portlandia. A missed opportunity.
Amazing Footage, Unbearable Narration.
If you enjoy being spoken at exactly like a school teacher reading a story book to a group of 5-year olds, then this is for you. Truly the worst voice over narration I have ever heard, and that is without knowing anything in advance about who the narrator was. Cloying, pretentious, self-conscious, everything that acting isn't, the most un-natural, one would really say, fake speech I have heard on film. Nobody there, just enjoying listening to herself.
WATCH THE FILM WITH SUBTITLES ONLY AND NO SOUND AND YOU WILL BE FINE.