The Great Dictator (1940)
In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double... a poor Jewish barber... who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.
Country: USA
Directed By: Charles Chaplin
Written By: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovitch
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Chaplin's great work here is in his creation of Hynkel, which is amazing to watch. Unfortunately, I suspect that my ability to enjoy long stretches of physical humour is declining over time, and while the finale speech is regrettably still relevant (just substitute "radio" with "internet"), it also feels tacked on: like, now that you've had dinner at my place, you're obliged to listen to my rant about the problem with kids these days.
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A bit disappointing how somebody so adept at pantomime can be so unnecessary wordy in speech. The political commentary also stays a bit weak in comparison to the slapstick - but the slapstick is great, of course, as are Chaplin's faux-German rants.
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This is a movie I admire more than like. I don't think Chaplin really made a very successful transition to sound. He's funny, but his timing has always felt more than a bit off to me in his later films. It's certainly brave of him to tackle this subject in 1940, but I don't find much of the film to be actually funny. The one great exception are all the scenes between him and Jack Oakie.
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Meandering and a bit uncomfortably comic at times. The parts with Chaplin as Hynkel far outshine Chaplin as The Barber (final speech excepted of course)
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I understand why this should be a great film considering all the circumstances surrounding it, but it's not a great film outside that context, and therefore not a great film. It's adequate at best. It starts off strong, but then it meanders heavily. The story idea is interesting, but it's not executed well on the screen. I'm convinced that this is just one of those films that people think they should like regardless, mostly due to the overuse of the word "classic" in the highly-rated reviews.
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It feels a little wrong for my first real exposure to the biggest silent era movie star ever, Charlie Chaplin, to come in the form of this propaganda talkie. However with that said, Chaplin for the most part, was as funny as I had hoped. Although, the story serving as a framework for the anti-fascist satire, left a lot to be desired at points. In the end I found myself enjoying the low-brow anti-Nazi farces of the Three Stooges' "You Nazty Spy"(1940) or "I'll Never Heil Again"(1941) a tad more.
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