11 Excellent Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
4. Chaplin
While a master at comedy on the screen, Chaplin’s life and relationships were a challenge. These challenges motivated the master to make people laugh and smile with his style of comedy.
The film sees an elderly Chaplin reminiscing about his life and past career from his current home in Switzerland. He recounts various tales to his close friend and confidant played by Anthony Hopkins.
The story is told through flashbacks that begin with Chaplin’s childhood growing up in London in a poverty – stricken family.
The movie was generally well received by both critics and movie fans with only a few critics grumbling about how the story veered slightly from the truth on occasion. Robert Downey Jr. was widely praised for his performance and managed to beat off stiff competition from Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey who were both considered for the role.
During production of the movie, the director shot over 200 hours of footage. At one time, the final cut of the movie was over four hours long but had to be edited down in order to make it appealing to a wider audience.
