The Artist

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Moira K Brilliant! Jean Dujardin has such a wonderful presence. He could tell an entire story just from his facial expressions (as is the case on many occasions throughout The Arstist.) A film I'll be happy to see again, and again. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/24 Full Review Jeff M Spectacular! For some reason, I kept putting off watching this Best Picture Oscar winner, and I'm so glad I finally caught up with it. This movie will most likely make me re-evaluate my best of the 2010s decade list. At its core, this is basically the STAR IS BORN theme where one career is on the rise while the other is hitting the skids. But like Bradley Cooper would do a few years later, director and screenwriter Hazavanicius miraculously breathes new life into an age old concept. The silence here becomes more than just a gimmick and somehow elevates the emotion and the the humor of the film. Dujardin gives the ultimate movie star performance, oozing charisma with his contagious smile and dashing looks. Bejo is utterly beguiling, and Uggie as Jack the dog gives the best animal performance I've ever seen and deserved to be the first canine nominated for an Oscar. This is that rare motion picture that is an unabashed audience pleaser that still manages to achieve artistic greatness. I can't recommend this more highly! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Eye C A very well done homage to the silent cinema, both actors are great together, but the dog takes away the movie… sorry. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Jacob B A film that does an excellent job paying homage to a bygone era of cinema, The Artist is funny, dramatic and insanely well-acted given the large amounts of pantomiming involved whilst also telling a compelling story about the disadvantages of the rise of talkies: silent film actors struggling to find work. If you showed a clip of this movie to somebody and they had no idea whom any of the actors were, I think they'd believe you if you told them this was an old film from the Roaring '20s. It helps that if you do research on what silent films were like back in the day, you'll notice that the crew has shown their work. Great job with the attention to detail, guys. Given the choice between this film and Birdman as my preferred Academy Award Winner for Best Picture that focus on a past-his-prime actor, I think I'd take the latter in a heartbeat but this movie was pretty damn good in its own right. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Chris r Overall I loved this movie, my real only complaint is that they stole Hernard bermanns piece from Vertigo. Hense why everyone is so head over heels for this film. They had to use that music sinply to gather higher critic reviews and public since they know people adore Bernard Herrman's work. I feel if that wasn't in the film it wouldn't have done as well. But regardless a well made film but not original. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/06/23 Full Review Cem Y Such a beautiful and cinematic portrayal of a very important historical period of cinema. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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