Neil Bahadur
10Apr13
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mjgildea
7Apr13
I give this 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. Were this story in the hands of anyone other than Charlie Chaplin, Verdoux would've been a loathsome bastard and this film would've been a very hard watch. While Monsieur Verdoux isn't exactly Chaplin's masterpiece, its still highly entertaining despite being an almost complete departure from his previous work.
David M.K.
27Mar13
It's really bad. But they'll tell you it's great because Charlie Chaplin made it.
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afonsomota
3May13
it's not bad, it's probably one of Chaplin's best films. And what valid reason have you too say that his comment is uselles, you're own comment is ludicrous... Go home and re-watch this masterpiece, maybe then you'll have something interesting to say
Lorna Singh
21Feb13
Only the loveable Charlie Chaplin could have an audience on the side of a killer. His indictment of capitalism and war is given to us at a distance,but is obvious.
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Lauren D. Kemp
23Sep12
(Spoiler?) This film is of course brilliant and I like the argument that it makes, but at the end Verdoux is still pretty high and mighty for someone who murdered like 14 ladies. Just sayin'.
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Aguaespejo
11Apr12
The bad taste of its premise and the greasy feeling it leaves within one, in one's search for appropriate identification with the screen are key to the brilliance of this movie. Superb (chracter) acting by Martha Raye as Annabella Bonheur. Shot really quickly, most of it is tight though are are a few bald and boring spots. Overall amazing movie.
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Gianni Naka Candellari
3Feb12
"Non vedo perché io dovrei essere condannato per aver ucciso qualche vedova, quando lo Stato ne crea migliaia ogni giorno"
Michael Harbour
17Jan12
After the first few disappointing and poorly played minutes, the movie launches into a delicious as well as touching black comedy. Chaplin's character, Verdoux, is quite distinct from his Tramp character (except in one relatively brief sequence where Verdoux reacts in a stereotypically Tramp fashion) and the insights we gain into this new character as the story progresses lend unexpected depth to the film.
Brian O'blivion
26Dec11
Pretty good until Chaplin gets that all-knowing smear on his face and starts to lecture.
Thomas Frovin
15Jul11
Elegant, witty, amusing and walking a fine line between the archaic and the sublimely baroque.
Dave
23May11
Like it, don't love it. The black comedy works, but for whatever reason I don't find it quite as entertaining or humorous as many others do.
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danhofstra
3Apr11
my least favorite Chaplin, but still quite entertaining. Kind of strange seeing him as a villain, but I guess that's where the wit is.
Sudipto Basu
9Dec10
I think of it as Chaplin's best. It's good when Chaplin does not force a happy ending.
Neil Bahadur
2Aug09
Chaplin's masterpiece. His most Brechtian work and the richest in theme out of all his films.
Pierluigi Puccini
31Dec08
The greatest comedian of all time finally leaves behind 'The Tramp' the character that made him famous, and here plays a serial killer, a very affable and charming one, though. A gem of black comedy, in which Chaplin showed a little wickedness, without abandoning his social commentary nor his sentimentality. He easily proves why murder can be also a laughing matter.