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
Christopher Chaplin Krantz novel. In Peter Patzak's "Gavre Princip - Himmel unter Steinen" ("Death of a Schoolboy"), a historical documentary about the life of 17-year-old Gavrilo Princip, Chaplin took on the role of Trifco, and he played Franz Kafka in Jaromil Jireš' 1991 Czech New Wave film "Labyrinth". The film received the Critic's Choice at the 1992 American Film Institute International Film Festival. Chaplin played , the Spanish royal notary, secretary of Columbus fleet, and commander of La Navidad, in John Glen's historical film "", released for the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. In Liliane de Kermadec's return to feature film, the