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Charles Chaplin adds an undercurrent of malice to his comedic persona in Monsieur Verdoux, an unsettling satire that subverts the tramp's image to perversely amusing effect.
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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. Jul 11, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Jeff Shannon
In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it's a near masterpiece. Jun 9, 2008 | Full Review…
In its uncanny depiction of a weakling whose crimes pale against those of the war-mad society around him, it's a near masterpiece.
Sara Cardace
Chaplin generates little sympathy. His broad-mannered antics, as a many-aliased fop on the make for impressionable matrons. May 13, 2008 | Full Review…
Chaplin generates little sympathy. His broad-mannered antics, as a many-aliased fop on the make for impressionable matrons.
Variety Staff
Shapes up as Chaplin's most startling, most invigorating movie: its icy temperature is positively bracing after the hot syrup of his earlier work. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Shapes up as Chaplin's most startling, most invigorating movie: its icy temperature is positively bracing after the hot syrup of his earlier work.
An engrossingly wry and paradoxical film, screamingly funny in places, sentimental in others, sometimes slow and devoted to an unusually serious and sobering argument. May 20, 2003 | Full Review…
An engrossingly wry and paradoxical film, screamingly funny in places, sentimental in others, sometimes slow and devoted to an unusually serious and sobering argument.
Bosley Crowther
A film of serene elegance and sharp teeth. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
A film of serene elegance and sharp teeth.
Dave Kehr
Monsieur Verdoux is an acerbic and intelligent movie that remains unique for the public of our era. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Monsieur Verdoux is an acerbic and intelligent movie that remains unique for the public of our era. [Full Review in Spanish]
Diego Galán
The film's cynical vision is as lucid as it is unrelenting. May 22, 2013 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
The film's cynical vision is as lucid as it is unrelenting.
Christopher Long
a pitch-black, arguably bitter comedy that wasn't so much a departure for Chaplin (he had, after all, lampooned Hitler in his previous film) as it was an opportunity to fully engage with his darker comedic impulses Apr 10, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
a pitch-black, arguably bitter comedy that wasn't so much a departure for Chaplin (he had, after all, lampooned Hitler in his previous film) as it was an opportunity to fully engage with his darker comedic impulses
James Kendrick
Simultaneously ethical and unethical, the snappily dressed Verdoux exists as an extraordinary challenge to capitalism's status quo during its seismic swing toward fascism. Mar 31, 2013 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Simultaneously ethical and unethical, the snappily dressed Verdoux exists as an extraordinary challenge to capitalism's status quo during its seismic swing toward fascism.
Cole Smithey
Monsieur Verdoux can boast a screenplay with a highly unusual moral complexity and a deeply philosophical bent...Yes, Verdoux is a film that name-drops Schopenhauer, but it's also damn funny... [Blu-ray] Mar 24, 2013 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Monsieur Verdoux can boast a screenplay with a highly unusual moral complexity and a deeply philosophical bent...Yes, Verdoux is a film that name-drops Schopenhauer, but it's also damn funny... [Blu-ray]
Peter Canavese
Thoungh misunderstood and a commercial flop in 1947, Chaplin's murderous satire has many merits, including Oscar nomination for Original Script. Mar 2, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Thoungh misunderstood and a commercial flop in 1947, Chaplin's murderous satire has many merits, including Oscar nomination for Original Script.
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