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- 1929
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- United Artists
- 1 h 12 m
- 1929
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 12 m
- 1929
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 12 m
- 1929
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 12 m
The Circus
90
7.8
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
90
100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
90
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Charlie Chaplin was a perfectionist in his films and a calamity in his private life. These two traits clashed as he was making The Circus, one of his funniest films and certainly the most troubled.
There’s an edge to The Circus that suggests a man gazing deep into the void, laughing at the darkness and urging us to do the same.
It is Chaplin’s great elegy to the lost art of music-hall pantomime and, for that matter, the soon-to-be lost art of silent-film comedy.
Mixing sweetness, darkness, violence and delirious gags, this 1928 must-see showcases film's greatest comic.
Mostly the movie registers as a comedy flag being planted, a claim being made. Anything your average clown could do, Chaplin could do better.
In clinging to a tale of logical sequence, without the expected interpolations or detached incidents, Chaplin's Circus for speed, gags and laughs has not been equalled on the sheet. But it's very broad, for Chaplin makes no attempt at subtlety in this one.
There are passages in The Circus that are undoubtedly too long and others that are too extravagant for even this blend of humor. But Chaplin's unfailing imagination helps even when the sequence is obviously slipping from grace.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 User Ratings
7.8
86% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 User Ratings
7.8
86% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
7% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
7% Negative
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Production Company
Charles Chaplin Productions
Release Date Jan 1, 1929
Duration 1 h 12 m
Rating Passed
Tagline Charlie Chaplin in the Greatest Picture of His Entire Career...
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
