Silent Movie (1976)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 17 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: SILENT MOVIE is director Mel Brooks's comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen. A movie within a movie, SILENT MOVIE stars Brooks as Mel Funn, a filmmaker who has seen better days--for one thing, he's just come out of a bout with the bottle. When his best friends (Marty Feldman and Dom... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, James Caan, Paul Newman
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While Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein stride across the land with seven-league boots, Silent Movie glides on tip-toe like Bugs Bunny in ballet slippers.
09/04/06
Mel Brooks has never known when a joke is worthy of a five-minute bit and when it's something you can flesh out into a full length feature.
03/30/06
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02/09/06
Largely a success due to some very funny sight gags, but even at a brief 87 minutes, Brooks seems to be stretching things to feature-film length in the last half-hour.
10/06/05
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05/09/05
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Brooks' tribute to silent cinema has its drawbacks, but his obvious affection for pre-talkies saves the day.
02/27/04
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05/24/03
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