Critic Reviews
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Metascore
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Nov 13, 2011
100
The film's charm and delight of discovery, plus its sterling international performances, could make it a breakout hit in theaters.
Nov 22, 2011
100
Get ready for a smash hit. Gimmicky but delicious, this is a valentine to the movies I promise you will cherish.
Nov 23, 2011
100
The delighted gasps in the theater will make you glad you took a chance on The Artist. Silent black-and-white movies are not coming back, but this one is such a rewarding labor of love by all of the artists involved that it just might make you wish they could.
Nov 23, 2011
100
With elements of "A Star Is Born" and "Singing in the Rain," The Artist is a rarity, an ingenious crowd-pleaser.
Nov 25, 2011
100
This is not a work of film history but rather a generous, touching and slightly daffy expression of unbridled movie love.
Nov 28, 2011
100
It's a picture that romances its audience into watching in a new way - by, paradoxically, asking us to watch in an old way. The Artist is perhaps the most modern movie imaginable right now.
Dec 1, 2011
100
In many ways - in all ways - The Artist is a profound achievement.
Dec 21, 2011
100
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.
Dec 22, 2011
100
The Artist is such an engaging, delightful film that, if you like movies, you will walk out of the theater with a smile. You just will; it's that inspired.
Dec 22, 2011
100
Hazanavicius crafted more than a replica of the silent era; this feels like a time capsule found 80 years later, right on time to be revolutionary in a louder world. Yet The Artist is a masterwork that likely won't be imitated. How many movies in 2011 can you say that about? Only the best one.
