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10/09/08
The Great Dictator (1940)
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Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 24
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced... [More]
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Reviews for The Great Dictator
Top CriticNo review available.
04/15/08
The film hasn't aged very well, but in 1940 it was perceived original, bold and controversial due to its combo of slapstick, political satire of Hitler, and agit-prop, with Chaplin stepping out of charcater to make an impassioned speech about peace.
02/23/08
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12/30/06
Top CriticSo Chaplin may not have halted a war, but he still left us with more than just a funny movie.
04/14/06
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02/09/06
Charlie Chaplin's first all-talking feature is a controversial one.
07/30/05
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01/13/05
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12/18/04
The Great Dictator mérite amplement de faire partie des éléments clés du cinéma.
12/16/04
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10/27/04
A fascinating, unprecedented spoof of Hitler, one of the few before WWII that dared to take him on.
10/25/04
It is a funny film, which we expect from Chaplin, and a brave one.
10/23/04
Top CriticUn clásico
01/11/04
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12/24/03
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