97% The Artist

A unique silent film concerning the business of silent films, and how one megawatt talent (Jean Dujardin) experiences the changing of times as his once prominent career is thrust into oblivion as a talent he helped along the way (Berenice Bejo) starts to see her career explode, and how the two remain connected. This movie is part satire on the industry, but it is largely a dark, unsettling look at a former titan whose ego and life take a pounding. The fact that director Michel Hazanavicius makes this movie so moving, being we actually care about these characters and how they will end up, is an enormous feat to pull off being that no words are spoken largely throughout this picture. Through a simple score, gorgeous cinematography, and Oscar-caliber turns from both Dujardin and Bejo, "The Artist" is simply one of the best films of the year. Some critics say it is "just another silent movie" and it is largely unnecessary, but I disagree. This film possesses a sort of darkness and somberness many silent films would never entertain, as largely the business was all fun and games, mostly concentrated on the slapstick antics of both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Here we get a comedy/drama that is not afraid to visit dark places, and the result is an irrefutably stirring, arresting picture that deserves the praise it is getting.

February 20, 2012

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_artist/

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