great comedy from charlie chaplin . i have see chaplin 4 major film ( gold rush and city light and modern time and and the great dictator ) and and i think it be easily the funny of the four . this movie have me laugh more than almost any other i have ever see . from the very opening disclaimer ( any similarity between the great dictator and the barber shop owner be purely coincidental ) the movie be a laugh a minute with a blend of wonderful slapstick and verbal humor . and at the same time and chaplin manages to portray the evil of totalitarian persecution . maybe a little short on the end and the lasting timeliness of the subject matter and but easily a positive for me .