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Monsieur Verdoux

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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:23

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Charlie Chaplin abandoned his "Little Tramp" persona for this dark comedy about a man driven to murder. Like so many others, bank clerk Monsieur Verdoux loses his job during the Great... Charlie Chaplin abandoned his "Little Tramp" persona for this dark comedy about a man driven to murder. Like so many others, bank clerk Monsieur Verdoux loses his job during the Great Depression -- and can't find another. Because he has an invalid wife and child to support, the desperate Verdoux hits upon a novel way of making a living: he marries wealthy women, one after another, and kills them. Then he returns home to his beloved family, who remain in blissful ignorance of his extracurricular activities. But when an unexpected tragedy occurs, he finds it impossible to continue the charade... Martha Raye, as a woman who continually frustrates Verdoux's murderous plans, provides one of the film's comic highlights. [More]

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash, Mady Correll, Robert Lewis, Irving Bacon, Marjorie Bennett

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Director: Charlie Chaplin
Producer: Charlie Chaplin
Composer: Charlie Chaplin

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May 16, 2000

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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/18/08
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Perfection? Arguably not; Verdoux has clunky moments and some flat casting, but with an able assist from the great comedian Martha Raye, Chaplin's latter-day greatness is readily apparent.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
07/11/08
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Monsieur Verdoux is the spirit of modernity taken to its darkest extreme. It may be immortal.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
06/11/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it’s a near masterpiece.

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06/09/08
Sara Cardace
Sara Cardace
New York Magazine
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Chaplin generates little sympathy. His broad-mannered antics, as a many-aliased fop on the make for impressionable matrons.

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05/13/08
Variety
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As it is, Monsieur Verdoux is a curiosity with flashes of brilliance, but definitely not one of Chaplin's best.

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05/13/08
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02/18/08
Cole Smithey
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Gives one a greater sense of Chaplin's political breadth from his previous work.

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03/02/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Shapes up as Chaplin's most startling, most invigorating movie: its icy temperature is positively bracing after the hot syrup of his earlier work.

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06/24/06
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The intensely felt social criticism that audiences had seen growing in Modern Times and especially The Great Dictator is elevated to an astonishing level of sarcasm and subversive irony.

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04/14/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

Truly great Chaplin film, seldom seen, about love, war, and murder. And it's a comedy too.

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03/31/06
Steve Crum
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Stunningly daring social satire.

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03/24/05
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12/18/04
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09/03/04
Thomas Delapa
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Boulder Weekly

A fine black comedy, not one of Chaplin's best, but still offers some illuminating moments.

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05/14/04
Bob Bloom
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Arguably the crown jewel in the Chaplin canon.

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03/29/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Chaplin's most fully-conceived talkie.

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08/31/03
Empire Magazine
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Decidedly not Chaplin's best-loved movie, but an especially provokative one, that boasts both his typical humour and a darker, politicised streak.

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