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Finally got around to watching the 1992 biopic Chaplain, starring Robert Downey Jr. Despite a great showing from a stellar cast, not least Downey Jr's typically masterful portrayal of the silent film legend, this film sank like a stone and is almost never mentioned. I can see why.
(1/2)
The running time is overlong, and the script rambly. A lot happens, but none of it really has time to breathe. Much as I enjoy Anthony Hopkins, I'm not sure his biographer character's leisurely teatime conversations with an older version of Downey Jr's Chaplain really added much to the film other than minutes of runtime. That that could perhaps had been better spent expanding on some of the events of his early life.
But it was worth watching for Downey's physical comedy alone.
(2/2)
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