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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★ 3

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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 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 hunter strawberry ★★★★ 6

  is it better to speak or to die?

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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 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 Austin Burke ★★★★ 5

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  Is The Artist Best Picture worthy? Not necessarily (for me), but it was a weak year for nominees. The best films were ones that would have never been nominated for Best Picture (for the most part). Is this a bad movie? No it isn’t. It isn’t necessarily a film that had me intrigued within the first 20 minutes, but it slowly sucked me into its world. It’s the last of the Best Picture Winners I needed to see before making my video, and I’m glad I was able to see it. It’s extremely well-made and directed. It isn’t the kind of film that speaks to me, but it all comes down to what you’re looking…

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  Review by Ava ☭ 4

  This is nobody's favorite movie.

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

  oh hai doggy

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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★ 3

  Trapped in a world and mindset of silent cinema.

  "I'm unhappy ... So are millions of us."

  I came into this excited to finally see the Best Picture winner that paid homage to the silent era, but it was not long before I got turned off by how gimmicky it was. Honestly, I would have much rather watched an actual great silent movie then this modern film pretending to be one.

  The story of a silent film actor struggling to come to terms with the rise of the talkies has been done before in great movies like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Singin' in the Rain' ... and both of those sadly did not win best picture. There is also plenty of…