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The Artist Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Drama, comedy, action and romance are intertwined in this gorgeously photographed and brilliantly directed film. Lead performances are thoroughly engaging despite - or perhaps because of - being wordless.

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• 100

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  This is not a work of film history but rather a generous, touching and slightly daffy expression of unbridled movie love.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Here is one of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Days after I saw The Artist, I was still thinking (and grinning) about it, because the movie's real romance is the one between us, the jaded 21st-century audience, and the mechanical innocence of old movies, which here becomes new again.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Variety

  A love letter to silent cinema sealed with a smirk, The Artist reteams director Michel Hazanavicius with dapper "OSS 117" star Jean Dujardin for another high-concept homage, delivering a heartfelt, old-school romance without the aid of spoken dialogue or sound.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  It combines delightful humor and charm with what movies at their best have always conveyed: the honest power of pure emotion. It is a movie love story and a love note to the movies, all at the same time.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Village VoiceMelissa Anderson

  The Artist is movie love at its most anodyne; where Guy Maddin has used the conventions of silent film to express his loony psychosexual fantasias for more than a decade, Hazanavicius sweetly asks that we not be afraid of the past.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Silence makes the film interesting by enticing us to concentrate in ways we're not used to, while artistry carries the day. The Artist may have started as a daring stunt, but it elevates itself to an endearing - and probably enduring - delight.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New YorkerAnthony Lane

  The Artist is not just about black-and-white silent pictures. It is a black-and-white silent picture. And it's French.

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