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The Artist (2011)

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Average Rating: 8.8/10
Reviews Counted: 191
Fresh: 186 | Rotten: 5

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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Average Rating: 9.1/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 40 | 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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Average Rating: 4.3/5
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Movie Info

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, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Michel Hazanavicius

Apr 24, 2012

$27.5M

The Weinstein Company

Cast

All Critics (191) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (186) | Rotten (5)

"The Artist" drags, as any film telling its story with its mouth and ears tied behind its back can be expected to. But it's a lovely bit of froth, the meringue on a cinema season that is both high-minded and awards oriented.

February 9, 2012 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comments (3)
Orlando Sentinel
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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 (7)
Passionate Moviegoer
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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 | Comment (1)
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The Artist is the most surprising and delightful film of 2011.

December 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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A silent movie shot in sumptuous black-and-white, no less. A silent flick made with not a jot of distancing winking, but instead born of a heady affection for a bygone, very bygone, era of filmmaking.

December 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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It's a rocket to the moon fueled by unadulterated joy and pure imagination.

December 22, 2011 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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En pleno 2012, entre el auge de las vistosas superproducciones en 3D y la sobresaturación de videos en YouTube, una película muda y en blanco y negro logra entretener y emocionar como lo hacían hace 90 ańos.

February 16, 2012 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | Comment
Uruguay Total

Mais que uma brincadeira com o período, é também uma homenagem doce, ingęnua e profundamente divertida ŕ Sétima Arte e aos seus incorrigíveis amantes.

February 14, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena

Dujardin and Bejo light up the screen. It's easy to believe them as movie idols from a bygone era.

February 14, 2012 Full Review Source: American Profile | Comment

It's a deliriously, wondrously, unspeakably fabulous film.

February 5, 2012 Full Review Source: The Vine | Comment
The Vine

You're likely to be as smiling as much as George Valentin.

February 2, 2012 Full Review Source: ABC Radio Brisbane | Comment
ABC Radio Brisbane

As frothy, upbeat tales of old Hollywood go, it's superb, full of small delights and general sunshine.

February 1, 2012 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | Comment
EricDSnider.com

A good, but not great film, it's plot seemingly derived from well-known films about films made back in the 1950s such as 'Singin' in the Rain'.

February 1, 2012 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Laramie Movie Scope

If you want to see some spectacularly adorable if not particularly lasting or memorable dog tricks, The Artist is the film you've been waiting for.

January 31, 2012 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment

Hazanavicius has woven together a variety of cinematic styles from different eras to make a silent film that is easily accessible to a contemporary audience.

January 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | Comment
Cinema Autopsy

Its appeal lies in its innate ability of tapping into that sense of joy that lies within us all. It is irresistibly charming. It is unmissable.

January 29, 2012 Full Review Source: The Sun Herald | Comment

Everything about The Artist is unique, from its beautiful black and white images as it pays tribute to the silent movies of the 1920s to the casting choices and the resolution

January 28, 2012 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

It's easy to be captivated by this unique, universal piece that above all makes us care for its characters as we journey through a maze of emotions

January 28, 2012 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

Artist a lovingly rendered homage.

January 27, 2012 Full Review Source: Illinois Times | Comment
Illinois Times

What The Artist says about people who would like to sentimentalize and suspend the film industry in a bell jar is brilliant.

January 25, 2012 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

The Artist, as calculated as you know it is, is simply impossible to resist.

January 24, 2012 Full Review Source: Cut Print Review | Comment (1)
Cut Print Review

'The Artist' is an utterly charming film that earns its audience's support the old-fashioned way.

January 23, 2012 Full Review Source: indieWIRE | Comment
indieWIRE

A warm and comfy dose of old-school charm and smile-inducing entertainment.

January 23, 2012 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | Comment
Times-Picayune

Terrific entertainment -- not an academic exercise but an unabashed crowd-pleaser.

January 23, 2012 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Comment
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

'The Artist' offers a unique cinematic experience in an age when extremely loud sound effects attack our eardrums while watching so many current movies.

January 22, 2012 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Artist

'The Artist' is impressive in a number of ways. It is VERY well done in terms of acting, cinematography, score, and overall direction. Also, the film obviously scores very big points for originality. It a unique film, one that probably should not be attempted again. The idea of a silent film in this era never crossed

February 19, 2012
Kase Vollebregt

Super Reviewer

An homage to a bygone genre that convincingly shows the audience why silent films are something that we are sorely missing in today's loud and clumsy movie industry. "The Artist" is truly a masterpiece.A silent film in 2011?!?!... What a great time to come out in one of the worst years in movie history before the

September 10, 2011
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

    1. George Valentin: [Only words spoken in the film] With pleasure.
    – Submitted by Lydia A (21 days ago)
    1. Doris: I'm unhappy.
    2. George Valentin: So are millions of us.
    – Submitted by Jerky S (23 days ago)
    1. Auctioneer: [after having auctioned off all of Valentin's belongings] Congratulations, it's all sold. You've got nothing left.
    – Submitted by Jerky S (23 days ago)
    1. George Valentin: Look at what you've become. You've become proud! You've become stupid!
    – Submitted by Adam C (25 days ago)
    1. Napoleon: May I have mi chair?!
    2. Set Assistant: Hey, you're not Napoleon. You're just an extra!
    – Submitted by Daniel E (27 days ago)

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January 18, 2012:
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"Some people complained and asked for refunds because there is no sound and the screen is smaller."

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