A reminder how talented Peter Bogdanovich is and how effective his films when he doesn't write the script (Steve Peros did this one). It plays to his strengths: it's about show people, Hollywood, it's a period piece, it's about loss of a loved one, there's an Orson Welles connection via Davies/Hearst. The violence is brief and well done, the acting excellent.
Eddie Izzard's Charlie Chaplin is terrific, ditto Kirsten Dunst's Marion Davies but the film is stolen by the touching monstrosity of Howard Hessmann's Hearst... a man hopelessly in love but also ruthless. All the acting is very good by the way. Love the boat atmosphere.
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