Stealing Chaplin (2020) User Reviews

borderline indie

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 11 March 2023]

Cal (Simon Phillips) and Terry (Doug Phillips) are British brothers and hopeless con-men in Las Vegas. They owe $30k to a mob boss. Their last con is a ridiculous scam and the cops are after them. Terry has another drunk idea. Steal Charlie Chaplin's corpse.

This real life premise is ridiculous enough to turn into a fun fictional screwball crime comedy. This is a low budget indie. These guys may even be brothers. I don't know. They are mildly funny. The accent probably kept me from really getting them. They could be fun side characters. This is mostly a borderline indie production. Some parts are better than others.

nice!

[Omerta752 · 10/10 · 18 November 2020]

Interesting concept, fun movie to watch. I loved it!

Is it fair to say that this film is in "poor taste," as many so-called "professional . . . "

[oscaralbert · 8/10 · 21 November 2020]

" . . . reviewers" have written? Before answering that question, why not ask yourself about how many flicks you've previously enjoyed that involving digging up dead presidents (TOMB RAIDER), serial killers (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) or prophets (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK). I'm sure that if French film makers had as much imagination as those in the USA, they'd be able to come up with a rip-snorting movie about digging up Joan of Arc. However, America's Tinsel Town thinks that its self-proclaimed "stars" are somehow sacrosanct, and therefore entitled to be immune from common grave robbers. Nevertheless, with such American folk heroes as Abe Lincoln, John Dillinger and Jimmy Hoffa all having been at the center of American Diggers plots over the years, it is more than hypocritical to disparage STEALING CHAPLIN for championing the American Way.

Ending ?

[johnsoncarson-51931 · 8/10 · 7 December 2020]

I really enjoyed it except the strange impossible chance meeting at the very, very, end.