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Tour de Force for Robert Downey, Jr.

  • Dec 11, 2008
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In the hands of director Richard Attenborough, Charlie Chaplin's life story becomes a sweeping and touching drama. Robert Downey, Jr. gives an unforgettable performance as Chaplin, who rose from the slums of London to become Hollywood's favorite silent movie character, the Tramp. Along the way, Charlie had to deal with his mother's insanity, his love affairs, marriages, and a paternity scandal, all involving much younger women, and investigation by none other than J. Edgar Hoover.

This very entertaining story vividly recreates the beginnings of the movie industry. The sets and costumes are magnificent, as is the John Barry soundtrack, which features Chaplin's own song, "Smile." Downey gives the performance of a lifetime playing a controversial but ultimately very likeable hero over a span of sixty years. He oozes charisma.

The cast is full of stars but it's all about Downey and he's wonderful. I've only seen bits of Chaplins' films and didn't expect to like this movie, but I found it fascinating.
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January 27, 2009
Downey has always been a very engaging actor and its his charisma that makes the films work as well as it does.
 
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Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Diane Lane, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Paterson, Norbert Weisser, Robert Stephens, Milla Jovovich, Howard Lew Lewis, Geraldine Chaplin, Mark Long, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Penelope Ann Miller, Richard James, John Standing, James Woods, Maria Pitillo, Robert Peters, P.H. Moriarty, Gerald Sim, Mike Fenton, Marisa Tomei, Phil Brown, Michael Miller, Sean O'Bryan, Vicki Frederick, Donald Elson, Kevin Dunn, Michael A. Goorjian, Tom Wright, Valorie Massalas, Robert J. Peters, David Duchovny, John Thaw, Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, Annie Waterman, Donnie Kehr, David Gant, Emma Lewis, Bradley Michael Pierce, John Otrin, Alan Ford, Charles Howerton, Bryan Coleman, Raymond Lynch, Ken Magee, Malcolm Terris, Susie Figgis, Una Brandon-Jones, Dennis Vero, Mary Healey, Caroline Guthrie, Alan Charof, Stuart Richman, Deborah Moore, Paul Rhys, Karen Lewis, Michael Blevins, Francesca Buller, Peter Crook, Laura Bastianelli, Todd Mason Covert, Ralph Votrian, Jack Ritschel, J. Michael Patterson, Tom Preston, Renata Scott, Caroline Cornell, Ann Fairlie, Peter Georges, Paul Hayes, Jayson Kane, Michael Cade, Brian Lipson, Jason Logan, Heather McNair, Michael Adler, Iris Bath, Andre Bernard, Joy Claussen, Nicky Corello, Dana Craig, Nick Edmett, David Finch, William Hunt, Jerry Jenson
Genre: Drama
Release Date: January 1, 1992
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Writer: Bryan Forbes
Runtime: 2hrs 24min
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