A Profile in Courage - Totally Prescient

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2010)

Wow, what a movie. Other reviewers have covered technical details, including favorite scenes and some minor shortcomings. Consider the following 1) The movie was made in 1940, when the US was blatantly isolationist. 2) The movie predicts that "Hitler" wants to kill all the Jews. 3) The movie alternately portrays "Hitler", as a genius and a buffoon, which he was. 4) This was Chaplin's first foray into talkies. How he adapted to the new medium is remarkable. 5) The speech at the end is a plea/wake up call to the world to act. Of course the world basically does nothing until it's almost too late.
Finally when watching this movie say to yourself, It's 1940, how did he know? It's 1940, how did he know he wants to kill all the Jews ? He must know there will be a death sentence on his head. It's 1940, how could he predict the future?
On a tragic note. How did the US pay him back for his warning about Nazism? It in effect deports him 6 years after WWII ends in the madness of McCarthyism.
One of those movies you should see if you like movies. Brilliant, scary, and unbelievably prescient.