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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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5/5

Richard Luck

Perhaps the defining Chaplin film, and certainly his funniest.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 20 2009 03:51 PM

Channel 4 Film

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5/5

Cole Smithey

No review available.

comment Comment | Nov., 15 2007 08:56 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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Dave Kehr

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: | comment Comment | Jun., 27 2007 04:32 PM

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Variety Staff

The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 27 2007 04:30 PM

Variety

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Mark Bourne

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 14 2006 06:05 PM

DVDJournal.com

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5/5

Mordaunt Hall

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 25 2006 04:01 AM

New York Times

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Steven D. Greydanus

City Lights might be Chaplin's most exquisite achievement, but he never made a funnier or more beloved film than his own personal favorite, Gold Rush.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 11 2006 03:29 AM

Decent Films Guide

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Geoff Andrew

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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3.5/4

Rob Blackwelder

Curiously melancholy yet packed with laughs, the picture's funniest moments aren't even the famous ones.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 11 2005 02:06 AM

SPLICEDWire

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5/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 18 2005 02:24 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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4/5

Nick Davis

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

comment Comment | Jul., 27 2004 10:35 PM

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4/5

Jake Euker

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 29 2004 12:01 PM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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4/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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: | comment Comment | Jun., 21 2004 08:16 AM

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Thomas Delapa

From the famous shoe-eating dinner to the dance of the dinner rolls, Chaplin’s effortless mining of comedy and pathos is pure gold.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 24 2004 04:07 PM

Boulder Weekly

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Rich Cline

No review available.

comment Comment | Nov., 15 2003 02:58 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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5/5

Scott Russon

It's easy to see why this has consistently entertained generations of audiences.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 31 2003 08:16 AM

Empire Magazine

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5/5

Ryan Cracknell

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 29 2003 01:03 AM

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Glenn Abel

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: | comment Comment | Jul., 26 2003 08:18 AM

Hollywood Reporter

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5/5

Pablo Villaca

Vários momentos clássicos de Chaplin estão neste filme.

comment Comment | Jul., 25 2003 11:38 PM

Cinema em Cena

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8/10

John J. Puccio

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2003 09:00 PM

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