Movie Reviews for Countess From Hong Kong

Countess From Hong Kong

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Movie Reviews of Countess From Hong Kong

Movie Review: Charlie Chaplin Was Really a SADIST!
Summary: 3 Stars

Viewed: 11/06
Rate: 5

11/06: A Countess From Hong Kong is an okay film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It seems that the movie had been distributed with Charlie Chaplin's name as the centerpiece of the picture like as if it was a big marketing thing to do. But actually, A Countess From Hong Kong interested me because Marlon Brando is in it, and that's all there is to it. Sophia Loren couldn't act worth a damn in A Countess From Hong Kong, and everybody else did, more or less, fine. I thought Marlon Brando handled his role very nicely, but I felt like he was trapped by the idea of how Charlie Chaplin thought everybody should act like. The sad thing about the idea he won't ever let go of is that nobody acts or performs like that in the real world. There was a lot of forceful acting and some dumb, embarrassing scenes. I wish that the picture would drop that brand of acting and be serious because really, it was working so well when it was serious, given the story was very intriguing. But in the end, it came with a mixed bag of results. A Countess From Hong Kong would have been a better picture if Sophia Loren would drop the wooden acting and Charlie Chaplin to ease up on his control and let everybody be themselves. Not much of a comedy, A Countess From Hong Kong is a mildly amusing picture.

Movie Review: A 3 ½ Star Review
Summary: 3 Stars

For the so bad it's so good movies enthusiasts, THE COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG is definitely watchable. Just don't expect to be entertained out of your wits. The whole concept of let the Russian stowaway (Loren) hide in the would-be ambassador (Brando) cruise ship cabin gets tiresome rather quickly, especially with the many failed attempts at high jinks and the no chemistry tag between the two stars. Yet despite it all you just can't help watching these two onscreen misfits make a fool of themselves as the plotline gets sillier and sillier. Sure, the film ends up resembling an amateur play, and sure, director Chaplin tries his best to make it look all glossied-up (and he sometimes succeeds at it, like the change partner dance routine scene for example), but as a whole THE COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG is definitely bad cinema; but still fun enough to be hailed as camp. See it for this reason alone, or if you simply want to pay homage to Chaplin's swan song film despite its many flaws.-----Martin Boucher

Movie Review: A boring (and bored) performance by Brando!
Summary: 3 Stars

First of all, I love Brando, love Sophia Loren. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and I wanted to own it. It wasn't so much that this is a good movie; it's just entertainingly bad. The editing is choppy, the actors move around like they are pieces being placed on a chess board, Brando is obviously BORED and he looks as though he over-acts on purpose in some of the scenes. The extras are AWFUL...the whole movie has an out-of-date feel to it (and not in a good way). There is NO sexual tension between 2 of the sexiest movie stars ever. So, what do I like about it? The absolutely gorgeous love theme "This is my song', watching Sophia Loren's luminous eyes fill with tears, and Marlon Brando doing a semi-tango at the end (although he messes up at one point...watch closely). Yeah, I bought it, still watch it...it is one of my favorite bad movies.

Movie Review: THE LAST PICTURE
Summary: 3 Stars

1967. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. Last film of the British genius. Not a masterpiece but still with scenes that seem to have popped up from a silent movie. After all, I liked it and that's all that matters to me.