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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThe film's charm and delight of discovery, plus its sterling international performances, could make it a breakout hit in theaters.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe Artist encapsulates everything we go to movies for: action, laughs, tears and a chance to get lost in another world. It just might leave you speechless. How can Oscar resist?
- 83The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIt's a beautifully shot, beautifully acted piece of fluff.
- 80The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThe Artist is not just about black-and-white silent pictures. It is a black-and-white silent picture. And it's French.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfA fascinating experiment is about to happen, and who doesn't want to be part of a little fun? That rarest of birds - a b&w silent film - is set to swoop into multiplexes. Trust us, it won't bite.
- 80Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonThe 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.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezA brazen stunt that pays off. Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius, simultaneously channeling "Singin' in the Rain" and "A Star is Born," tells a story about 1920s Hollywood made in the style of that era.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe Artist neatly sidesteps this unsolvable dilemma by ignoring everything that's fascinating and memorable about the era, focusing instead on a patchwork of general knowledge, so eroded of inconvenient facts that it doesn't even qualify as a roman à clef.