The Artist
Critical darling and winner of Best Film, Actor and Director at the 2012 Academy Awards, this French romantic-comedy is set in 1927 Hollywood and an ode to the silent era. Strikingly, the film is silent (asides from a musical score) and shot in black and white.
George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a successful silent movie star when the arrival of sound and talking pictures derails his career. At the same time, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), a vibrant young actress who got her start in the business thanks to Valentin, thrives in talkies and becomes a major star. Also stars John Goodman as a movie mogul and James Cromwell as Valentin’s driver.
Less2011100 minsFrance
ComedyDramaRomance
- Director:
- Michel Hazanavicius ('OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions', 'OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus')
- Writer:
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast:
- Jean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanPenelope Ann MillerJames CromwellMalcolm McDowellJoel MurrayBeth GrantMissi Pyle
The Artist | Awards
Winner of 5 Oscars - Best Film, Actor, Director, Original Score and Costume Design - at the 2012 Academy Awards. Best Film, Actor, Director and Original Screenplay at the 2012 BAFTAs. Best Film (Comedy/Musical), Actor (Comedy/Musical) and Original Score at the Golden Globes 2012. Best Actor (Dujardin) at Cannes Film Festival 2011.
The Artist | Reviews
95%323 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Total Film
This elegantly crafted salute to yesteryear is well worth shouting about. And we haven’t even mentioned Jack the dog.
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Time Magazine
Manages to embrace contradictions and then resolve them with supreme comic grace.
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Rolling Stone
The Artist encapsulates everything we go to movies for: action, laughs, tears and a chance to get lost in another world. How can Oscar resist?
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Los Angeles Times
Strikes an exact balance between the traditions of the past and the demands of the present.
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IndieWire
An utterly charming film that earns its audience's support the old-fashioned way.
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Entertainment Weekly
Days after I saw The Artist, I was still thinking (and grinning) about it.
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