MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary exploring the rags-to-riches transformation of Charlie Chaplin into a global superstar — a brilliant but troubled performer, with a dark side.
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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KEN COCKBURN traces the one original language – that of the Yamnaya pastoral nomads – from which all European and Indian languages derive
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the debunking of the iconic British war hero
ALEX HALL recommends a searing panorama of our global predicament
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Directed by James Spinney and Peter Middleton
AT ONE point hailed as the most famous person in the world, it is hard not to think of Charlie Chaplin without picturing his small hat, cane, boots and signature moustache.
“Chaplin makes the Tramp and the Tramp makes Chaplin,” narrates Pearl Mackie in James Spinney and Peter Middleton’s comprehensive and gripping documentary which aims to shed new light on who the real Charlie Chaplin is.
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