Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Basically, I liked this film and think it was well done. It does not present anything new but does include the most important films and selects very nice scenes from the work for the Chaplin lover to enjoy again. This... Full review

Chaplin is a cultural icon. No question about that. So what do you do? Get some old footage, both from his movies and from other sources, combine that with footage of historians and modern celebrities talking about their impressions on... Full review

Lots of information, lots of clips, and something that might set the record straight on things that most people won't read enough to find out! I saw this at the Glenwood Arts Theatre and took my nephew, we both enjoyed... Full review

Fellow actors illuminate his chameleon talent;....Milos Forman admires Chaplin's political acumen and spiritual catharsis after World War II in "The Great Dictator.....Woody Allen applauds "City Lights" as one of the great cinematic explorations of love;.... ... Full Review

Aside from offering a collection of always-hilarious classic comedy sequences, this lumbering film covers very familiar ground.....it is not the worst thing..... ... Full Review

The program seems like a good little documentary.....it seems difficult to strictly classify it as a comedy.....It slows appropriately for his more significant longer films.....Woody Allen even criticizes the famous "world balancing" sequence in The Great Dictator .....Ultimately, Charlie offers a very solid biographical look at arguably the movies' greatest comedian..... ... Full Review

There are times when the narrator and interviewees of "Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin" should simply shut up and let the audience enjoy the images. Charlie" attempts to get inside the head of its subject, to show what inspired him and to document (where possible) his process in making some of his most famous works. ... Full Review

After all, "Charlie" is a documentary about Charlie Chaplin, whose comedies are still marvelous and still hilarious, nearly a century after they were originally released.....This talk-heavy documentary is perhaps too all-inclusive for its own good, with quite a few lengthy and sometimes redundant interviews with Chaplin experts, biographers, actors...." should simply shut up and let the audience enjoy the images..... ... Full Review

Charles L. Pickett, Esq., is sitting on a couch fiddling with the TV remote so he can better hear Charlie Pickett the rock star. On screen, Charlie Pickett vamps at a New York City club, flashing a sexy-dangerous snarl while... ... Full Article

According to Variety, Tim Burton's version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be hitting theaters on July 15, 2005. Johnny Depp stars as Willy Wonka in this new adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic. ... Full Article

March 5, 2004 - In this world, there are certain pop culture landmarks that seem to be mutually exclusive.You either love the Beatles or Elvis, and your favorite silent-era comedian is either Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. ... Full Article

TCM launches a month-long salute to one of Hollywood's first and greatest stars with Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (tonight, 8 ET/9:30 PT), an hour-long documentary from film critic Richard Schickel. ... Full Article

Schickel, the veteran Time magazine critic, doesn't buy into the standard rap on Chaplin: that he was a physical genius but a limited filmmaker, a sap in baggy pants. ... Full Article

Chaplin had an eventful private life A documentary about the life and work of screen legend Charlie Chaplin is being shown at the Edinburgh film festival on Friday. ... Full Article