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A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 11/06

11/06: Directed by Charlie Chaplin, which is the final time of his overrated career, A Countess from Hong Kong is an okay picture.

Although the tramp tried so hard to make it be all about him, I was only interested in the film for Marlon Brando's sake. Charlie Chaplin was still stuck with the slapstick mentality from the 1910's and 20's silent films, and it's embarrassing to watch. Had he dropped that by adapting to the changing times, it would've been better because the story was working out well.

Marlon Brando looked trapped acting-wise, probably at Charlie Chaplin's insistence. Years later, he wrote in his autobiography that the director was sadistic by the way he treated his son on the movie set. In turn, Chaplin thought Brando was impossible to work with which is obviously nothing new. Meanwhile, Sophia Loren still couldn't act.

All in all, A Countess from Hong Kong isn't much of a comedy.

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