review by Doug Tilley
The Artist 2011
Watched Jan 21, 2012
Doug Tilley’s review:
It looks great. It - perhaps ironically - sounds great. The acting is fine, particularly from Jean Dujardin and Uggie the dog. But while the novelty of a modern silent film is fun (with all due respect to Mel Brooks SILENT MOVIE), it feels more like a stylistic exercise or a short film stretched to feature length rather than a complete work. It's so slight and breezy, and instantly forgettable.
Agreed. It's a bit too cute for its own good, and I'm not quite sure why everyone's so obsessed with it.
Spot on.
100% with you on this Doug.
Yep. Cute but no real substance.