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The Artist (2011)

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98

Average Rating: 8.8/10
Reviews Counted: 219
Fresh: 215 | Rotten: 4

A crowd-pleasing tribute to the magic of silent cinema, The Artist is a clever, joyous film with delightful performances and visual style to spare.

100

Average Rating: 9.1/10
Critic Reviews: 49
Fresh: 49 | Rotten: 0

A crowd-pleasing tribute to the magic of silent cinema, The Artist is a clever, joyous film with delightful performances and visual style to spare.

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Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies. -- (C) Weinstein

PG-13,

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Michel Hazanavicius

Jun 26, 2012

$44.7M

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It isn't arty or intellectual, though it is artful and ingenious, and it's the rare crowd-pleaser that never feels obvious or pandering.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: Newsday
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There is literally nothing wrong with it. I don't have a single nit to pick, minor flaw to point out or little bit that annoyed me. It is pure magic from the first frame to the last.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: CNN.com
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You can't fault it as smart entertainment, which eschews parody to make a sincere tribute that also serves as cogent current commentary.

April 17, 2012 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comments (4)
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The movie ever fully shakes off its air of skillfully executed experiment, but it's spirited and charming nonetheless.

March 7, 2012 Full Review Source: The Atlantic
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'The Artist': Michel Hazanavicius's novelty film owes much to Jean Dujardin's irresistible smile

January 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comments (17)
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For a movie that is so much about technique, it's surprising how affecting the story is.

December 28, 2011 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comments (4)
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Don't let the simplicity of the story fool you, 'The Artist' is a movie in which the pleasures lie entirely in the details.

May 25, 2013 Full Review Source: The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger

Possibly one of the most joyously enjoyable films to screen in the Cannes competition -- especially for lovers of classic Hollywood cinema -- The Artist is a real pleasure.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: Screen International
Screen International

Had The Artist been made 75 years ago, it might have been brushed aside as melodrama. Today, its affection for a lost past strikes the right note of wistful nostalgia.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Observer

Writer/director Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist manages the trick of being both fearlessly loyal to an era of cinema that's long since passed and one of the few original motion pictures of its own time.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Its retro-retro take uniquely delivers the most crucial element of the moviegoing experience, the art of entertainment.

October 22, 2012 Full Review Source: NECN

I could spend hours talking about how fantastic The Artist is; how sublime Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo are; how natural their movements and expressions are; how perfect the score is - oh, the score, so expressive and lively and jovial and magical.

September 28, 2012 Full Review Source: TheShiznit.co.uk
TheShiznit.co.uk

Hazanavicius has perfectly captured the look and feel of the silent era with "The Artist."

September 18, 2012 Full Review Source: Examiner.com
Examiner.com

The Artist is apparently Hazanavicius' dream project and it's truly inspiring to see a filmmaker take such a big risk in this day and age: especially when it pays off so big.

September 15, 2012 Full Review Source: We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered

As an homage to silent films, it works. As a cinematic narrative of classic quality, it falls short.

September 15, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinema Sight
Cinema Sight

The Artist is superfluous, but charming through-and-through, painted with lively performances, staggering cinematography and a lovely spirit of nostalgia.

June 29, 2012 Full Review Source: IGN DVD
IGN DVD

Every now and then in an age of darkness and cynicism, a life affirming film is just what we need.

June 28, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

I'm not sure how much replay this film will get, but a first viewing is awfully satisfying-though it makes the audience work a little harder than they're accustomed.

June 26, 2012 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

There appears to be one last goodbye, one last spotlight, for an industry that should never have left us in the first place.

June 21, 2012 Full Review Source: Dial M For Movies
Dial M For Movies

The Academy Awards are the biggest annual party that Hollywood throws for itself, and The Artist is a movie that worships Hollywood. Looks like a done deal.

June 15, 2012 Full Review Source: Filmwell | Comments (19)

a witty, self-aware pastiche, full of clever audiovisual gags and cinephiliac allusions, with irresistible charm coursing through its nostalgic veins.

May 31, 2012 Full Review Source: MovieScope
MovieScope

Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius toys with despair only to gloss over it.

April 30, 2012 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

...it gives us a glimpse of what those silly people in black-and-white ... must have found so thrilling, engaging and ultimately heartening when they watched those quaint gray ghosts dancing on a screen they imagined was silver, so unrecoverably long ago.

April 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It's a screaming endorsement to the power of cinema... without saying a word.

April 29, 2012 Full Review Source: 2UE That Movie Show
2UE That Movie Show

Audience Reviews for The Artist

I think this movie is overrating. Okay. Thats unique, but the story is too flat.
January 14, 2013
A true masterpiece! A great throwback to the Golden Age of Cinema and a wonderful film in general. It has a great sense humor and it is very charming. Go see it!
February 21, 2012
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    1. Doris: I'm unhappy. George Valentin: So are millions of us.
    2. George Valentin: So are millions of us.
    – Submitted by Daniela T (7 months ago)
    1. Peppy Miller: The name's Miller. Peppy Miller!
    – Submitted by Brandon S (10 months ago)
    1. Peppy Miller: Out with the old, in with the new! That's life!
    2. George Valentin: *leaves his chair and motions towards it* I've made way for you.
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Doris: I'm unhappy George.
    2. George Valentin: So are millions of us.
    – Submitted by Andrew K (12 months ago)
    1. Doris: Why do you refuse to talk?
    – Submitted by Chad E (12 months ago)
    1. George Valentin: [in a strong French accent] With pleasure!
    – Submitted by Venkatesh S (14 months ago)

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