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The Gold Rush (1925)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:29

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated... This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated "dancing dinner rolls" gag. Re-release in 1942 featured sound narration. Academy Award Nominations: 2, Best Sound Recording, Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. [More]

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Georgina Hale, Mack Swain

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Georgina Hale, Mack Swain

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Director: Charlie Chaplin
Screenwriter: Charlie Chaplin

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Oct 12, 1999

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A delight from beginning to end, boasting several of its maker's most memorable gags and Chaplinesque interludes.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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11/15/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/27/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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A quintessential Charlie Chaplin silent film...

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
12/10/01
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No review available.

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10/13/02
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

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06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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09/12/02
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

Mercifully, it lacks the pretentious moralising of [Chaplin's] later work, and is far more professionally put together.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/26/03
Glenn Abel
Glenn Abel
Hollywood Reporter
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06/29/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

The Gold Rush was one of [Chaplin's] purest comedy-fantasies, with some brilliant set-pieces including Charlie changing into a chicken and the 'dance of the dinner rolls.'

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/21/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

...quintessential Chaplin: sweet, semi tragic, comforting, and most of all funny.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/24/03
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The passage of 80 years has not dimmed its humor, or Chaplin's creativity.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
06/16/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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06/02/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

One of Chaplin's sweetest and most humble movies.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Chaplin said that it was the movie he most wanted to be remembered for, and damn if he didn't get his wish.

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04/14/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Mordaunt Hall
Mordaunt Hall
New York Times

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04/18/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

One of Chaplin's very funniest movies; not as indelibe as Modern Times, but close.

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07/27/04
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
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Vários momentos clássicos de Chaplin estão neste filme.

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07/25/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
 
 
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