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... [More]
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Reviews for Monsieur Verdoux
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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 |
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Monsieur Verdoux is the spirit of modernity taken to its darkest extreme. It may be immortal. Full Review |
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In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it’s a near masterpiece. Full Review |
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Chaplin generates little sympathy. His broad-mannered antics, as a many-aliased fop on the make for impressionable matrons. Full Review |
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4/4 |
As it is, Monsieur Verdoux is a curiosity with flashes of brilliance, but definitely not one of Chaplin's best. Full Review |
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Gives one a greater sense of Chaplin's political breadth from his previous work. Full Review |
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Shapes up as Chaplin's most startling, most invigorating movie: its icy temperature is positively bracing after the hot syrup of his earlier work. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Truly great Chaplin film, seldom seen, about love, war, and murder. And it's a comedy too.
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Stunningly daring social satire.
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3/5 |
A fine black comedy, not one of Chaplin's best, but still offers some illuminating moments.
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4/4 |
Arguably the crown jewel in the Chaplin canon. Full Review |
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Chaplin's most fully-conceived talkie. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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