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10/09/08
The Great Dictator (1940)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
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
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
The Great Dictator mérite amplement de faire partie des éléments clés du cinéma.
12/16/04
No review available.
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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10/01/03
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08/12/03
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07/30/03
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07/26/03
Top Critic...one of the few motion pictures of the day to stand up and be counted against the forces of tyranny and injustice, for which it must always be commended.
07/01/03
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