Should you watch The Great Dictator?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Great Dictator
Film · 1940
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
The sides of The Great Dictator
- Chaplin as a dictator named Hynkel
- A Jewish barber who looks just like him
- A dance with a globe
The Great Dictator is good for you if…
- you like Chaplin's slapstick aimed at Hitler.
- you can be moved by a final speech that speaks straight to the camera.
- you like a film made in 1940, while the war it mocks was going on.
The Great Dictator is bad for you if…
- you find black and white films dated.
- you'd rather not see a Jewish ghetto raided, even in a comedy.
About: fascism · persecution · humanity
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