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3.8

201 Ratings

Shoulder Arms

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

United States, 1918

Short, Comedy, War

46

Synopsis

Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.

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Shoulder Arms Directed by Charlie Chaplin

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FISCHER's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
FISCHER

Quelques gags célèbres comme la nuit dans les tranchées inondées, Charlot expliquant à une jeune Française qu'il est originaire des Etats-Unis, ou Charlot inspectant les lignes ennemies déguisé en arbre. Un classique dans la superbe oeuvre de Charlie Chaplin. On en redemande encore et encore ! www.cinefiches.com
April 17, 2017 16:26
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Renton47's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
Renton47

Nifty jokes about life in the trenches (the flooding joke is amazing) that isn't so successful when the plot kicks in. Entertaining but lacking some teeth.
February 24, 2017 05:14
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CarlosEsquives's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
CarlosEsquives

Como la mayoría de los primeros cortos de Charles Chaplin, una suerte de gags divertidos, más uno que otro para la memoria. Si me dan a escoger una escena: el Soldado capturando a trece del bando enemigo luego de "rodearlos".
July 27, 2014 15:23
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Nachtreich's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
Nachtreich

È ok.
August 20, 2017 09:52
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Michael Harbour's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
Michael Harbour

The trenches of WWI through the imagination of an Army recruit - and with an anti-war message at the end. A good but not great Chaplin short.
January 16, 2012 08:59
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AKFilmFan's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
AKFilmFan

Hilarious look at WWI with an ending that ties it up perfectly.
July 06, 2011 01:32
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Jdsarmientoburgos's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
Jdsarmientoburgos

Not one of Chaplin's best or funnier films, but c'on it is Chaplin after all. I see this as The Great Dictator lite.
February 02, 2018 21:22
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Mahda Purmahdi's rating of the film Shoulder Arms
Mahda Purmahdi

Compare this to Keaton's Sherlock Jr. Very disappointing.
July 07, 2015 20:26
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