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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★ 4

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  This is definitely one of the more 'forgotten' best picture winners of the 21st Century. People don't really talk about it, although not necessarily because it's bad. The Artist is a cute and funny silent homage, but it's a little too fluffy, and it often feels like one of those "fake" movies that are shown within a movie, only extended to feature length. I enjoy it, mainly because of the dog.

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  Review by DirkH ★★ 21

  Boy, was I disappointed.

  I was looking forward to this film, of course fuelled by the hype surrounding it, the Oscar nominations it got and the prizes it had already won. For me it was merely a gimmicky, thinly stretched exercise in style.

  Now don't get me wrong, I really appreciate what they were trying to do here. Anyone who wants to make an ode to cinema has got my vote and I applaud them for that. I just feel by wrapping it all in a flimsy, incredibly shallow plot they caused me to lose interest.

  Dujardin's performance has been praised a lot, but I found him to be very one-dimensional. Sure he has got incredible charm and an unmistakable…

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  Review by hunter strawberry ★★★★ 6

  is it better to speak or to die?

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  Review by CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★½ 11

  Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, The Artist is an awe-inspiring ode to silent era of filmmaking and is crafted with such elegance & artistry that it was difficult for me to wipe the grin off my face while watching it. An enthralling work of indelible charm, every frame of this silent feature pays its tribute in a respectful manner but the film also succeeds in carving out its own identity in the process.

  Set in Hollywood during the years when talkies were being introduced into cinema, The Artist focuses on the relationship between a major silent film star & an aspiring young actress who bump into each other during the premiere of the former's latest film. But when their…

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  Review by Evan ★★★ 11

  I liked the movie, but Best Picture...? Seriously!?

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  Review by Twan ★★★★ 5

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  Review by san ★★★★

  Yes it’s a nice love letter to silent films, and a nice commentary on the Golden Age of Hollywood during the Great Depression...but why was Uggie’s Oscar nomination snubbed??

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  Review by Ava ☭ 6

  This is nobody's favorite movie.

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  Review by SARAH🦕 ★★★½ 1

  I think my volume was broken because I couldn’t hear anything

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  Review by Nicole Kubrick 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ★★★★★ 2

  oh hai doggy

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  Review by Doug Tilley ★★★ 4

  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.

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  Review by Sucheing ★★★½ 4

  It was a delight no doubt. Best picture, i don't know. Best dog, definitely.