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Jean Dujardin
Bérénice Bejo
John Goodman
James Cromwell
Penelope Ann Miller
Missi Pyle

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A silent film star who worries that the advent of talking pictures will spell the end of his career connects with a young up-and-coming dancer in 1927 Hollywood. -- Chris Kavan

07/24/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Charming with an Old School Twist

When it comes down to it, the Academy Awards aren't always exactly fair. Especially when it comes to Best Picture. Both The Artist and Hugo were nominated for best picture, and both were a love letter to cinema. From there, it should've been obvious one of these two films would win; it just came down to choosing the better picture. And while I personally believe Hugo deserved the honors, The Artist was more than a worthy rival, and was full of charm and spunk.

It's 1927, and George Valentin is on top of the world. He's starring in film after film after film. He was an idol. But things change, and change is precisely what stops George Valentin's career. After pushing a former nobody named Peppy Miller into the acting world, things regarding films begin to change. Silent films are no lo...

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3/4 

04/02/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

The Artist review

A fictional romantic drama silent movie (with a touch of dialogue perfectly inserted in the conclusion) that is optimistic and simple, yet strikingly effective and entertaining. Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) accidentally bumps into silent movie star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). She gets casted in a film of George and becomes more successful than he is. There is a major change in the movie industry; talkies are in while silent films are out. George creates a silent movie to prove a point but eventually fails and suffers various hardships. Even to the point of firing his loyal driver James Cromwell (Clifton).

Viewing Valentin’s rise and fall was heart breaking, though some trepidation’s this reviewer had were the depiction of Valentin's hallucinations made the film longer and lac...

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3.5/4 

02/22/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

The Artist Speaks Volumes by Staying Silent

I can see why this film has earned all the awards and nominations it has this year. It takes a chance on something different and unique and, yes, it succeeds. The Artist does have a lot going for it: it's technically brilliant - I felt like it did a fantastic job of capturing that old Hollywood era - the look, the feel, I really did feel transported back to that time.

Second, the music (since this is a silent film) speaks volumes - it's quiet when it has to be quiet, it can turn thrilling, bombastic, romantic - and it does it at the right times and is superb. Finally, the acting is spot on. Both Jean Dujardin (playing George Valentin, the silent film star whose time is fading) and Bérénice Bejo (playing the awesomely-named Peppy Miller, a newly-minted actress whose star is rising) are...

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2.5/4