Review of The Great Dictator (1940) by Michael Atkinson for Village Voice — 23 Dec 2009
Like all major Chaplin works, Dictator was a cheaply, but methodically, made film, a cardboard act of humanist defiance, and, thanks to its purity of purpose, the cheesier the jokes get, the harder they land.
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This review of The Great Dictator (1940) was written by Michael Atkinson and published by Village Voice on 23 Dec 2009.
The Great Dictator has generally received very positive reviews.
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