The Artist Movie Reviews

Now here is a type of cinema the world could use more of. Shot in gorgeous black and white, The Artist is a breathtakingly beautiful film and a passionate, funny, touching, glorious and incredibly romantic ode to the classic 1920's silent film era. It's criminal to even call it a film because it's a piece of art - delightfully feisty art, packed with magnificently colourful characters and moments. Not only does this film justify its 10 Oscar nominations

Proud but persevering, Cinema is a mother of three. Sight, Silence and Sound. Sight, the indispensable one. Sound -- the mighty and influential. And Silence, now only doing cameos, is mysterious. Their wonderful camaraderie, one-upmanship and blend have produced the most breathtaking moments on film for decades. But for a generation raised on bombastic blockbusters and quotable franchise, the delicacy and ingenuity of silent films almost seems like a forgotten art

It would be accurate to describe 'The Artist' as a modern cinematic experiment, but that would make it all just a little bit soulless. This black-and-white, mostly wordless film is really a love letter to a bygone era – that of silent cinema – but in a wonderful way, writer-director Michel Hazanavicius shows us just how important it is to move with the times. You can see it in that telling scene in 'The Artist' when silent movie star George Valentin

The Artist, as most of us know by now, is a French film set in Hollywood’s silent movie era. Nominated for ten Oscars, the film tells the story of a silent movie star called George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) who is suddenly pushed off his pedestal by the arrival of the talkies. Director Michael Hazanivicius’s brilliant innovation is to marry content to form. “The Artist is not just about black-and-white silent pictures. It is a black-and-white silent picture,” Anthony Lane wrote

Remember the old days, when movies were glorious, magical and mute? Neither do I. But the passing of the silent era from memory into myth is what The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius’s dazzling cinematic objet d’art, is all about. This is not a work of film history but rather a generous, touching and slightly daffy expression of unbridled movie love. Though its protagonist mourns the arrival of sound, The Artist itself is more interested in celebrating

The Artist review Bizrating: 3/5. What’s Good: The engaging and entertaining script; the comedy and emotions in ...