The Artist(2011)- User Reviews

Go into the theatre. The lights go out. The film starts. But there is no sound! You are transported back to 1927 Hollywood. It is wonderful. The Roaring Twenties. Flappers. A big movie star and his dog. A cute girl who loves the big movie star bumps into …more»

This movie is made out of the nostalgia for the era of the silence movie. The film-makes indulge in it. The style is everything in this movie. Yet, after the initial impression, it grows boring on you because nothing else is there. And the style for the …more»

I have to give an applause to the director. He is brave enough to make this movie and the director and the art director made a movie which truly achieve the artistic and entertainment balance. It is a movie you can truly enjoy.
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I would prefer to see what Hollywood was like in the 20's as it transformed from the silent era to talkies, not what a film made in the 20's looks like. That's what TCM is for. The pacing was slow and the story lacked substance. Not even …more»

Refreshing acting and story, actually wonderful acting from Dejardin. It might be the role of a lifetime, being able to play a silent movie star who refuses the new realities of his time, late 1920s, while living in the twenty-first century surrounded …more»

So far, I'd say this has to be the odds on favorite. A terrific movie for all ages. Go see it. You will laugh. You will smile. You will say "They don't make 'em like that anymore." You will tell your friends to go see it.  …more»

You can sum this movie up in one word. "BRILLIANT." Didn't know if I would like a silent movie. This almost 2 hour movie felt like 30 minuets.more»

Just my guess. How ironic--a silent picture in 2011 wins "Best Picture". Story matters more than sound and fury and special effects. This is a movie with a heart.more»

"The Artist" is a thoroughly modern silent picture. It tells the story of a big movie star and his lady admirer. The male star's star fades since he can't make the transition to talkies. The lady admirer herself becomes a star. Thus …more»