Chaplin (film) for its high production values, but many critics dismissed it as an overly glossy biopic. One critic wrote that the screenplay "endeavors to cover too much ground. The life of Charlie Chaplin was so vast and varied that a film is far too restrictive a format to give it justice." "Chaplin" currently holds a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 50 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Chaplin" boasts a terrific performance from Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role, but it isn't enough to overcome a formulaic biopic that pales in comparison to its subject's classic films." The
David Tomblin "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". During production of "Return of the Jedi", Tomblin directed "Return of the Ewok", a short, never-finished film about Warwick Davis who played the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick. Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's "Never Say Never Again", and with Spielberg on "Empire of the Sun". Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with Richard Donner on "The Omen", "Superman" and those parts of "Superman II" directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions "A Bridge Too Far", "Gandhi", "Cry Freedom" and "Chaplin".