Everyone has a wild side. Even a legend.
Robert Downey Jr captures the essence of comic genius Charlie Chaplin in a compelling, nuanced performance that earned him Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor. Director Richard Attenborough's well-crafted portrait traces Chaplin's impoverished London upbringing, extraordinary success as an actor and director, his troubled marriages, scandalous affairs, shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood. The huge star-studded cast includes KEVIN KLINE, DAN AKROYD, MILLA JOVOVICH, DIANE LANE and GERALDINE CHAPLIN (as her own grandmother), and Downey's astonishing mimicry of Chaplin's gait, gestures and accents complete a dazzlingly authentic portrait of one of cinema's first pop culture icons.
Critic Reviews:
- " The movie was clearly made with a lot of love, and it has one deciding factor that sells it: Robert Downey Jr. " – Jeffrey M. Anderson (Combustible Celluloid)
- " Robert Downey Jr., does an impressive job as the title character, perfectly recreating Chaplin's range of English accents and mimicking, with astonishing precision, the gait and gestures of the Little Tramp. " – TV Guide
- " Robert Downey enhales Chaplin's Autobiography and wears the Little Tramp's persona effectively. " – John A. Nesbit (Old School Reviews)