Silence Was Never Golden

Rating: 4/10 (25 July 2012)

What a terrible movie. This is an example of how The Academy Awards are no longer about "quality" and more about: what is the political statement of the year or what is the fad of the year. Silent movies were terrible in the early 30's. The movies had awful actors (if you can call them that) who were more clowns than actors. Silent movies had zero characterization and very little to no plot. The performers would over exaggerate every single movement and it was more of a platform for physical comedy more than anything else. Now someone decides to make a silent movie about a silent movie star. The plot is hardly there, there is no characterization throughout the whole movie and it tries to rely on the dog to carry most of the plot holes from scene to scene. This movie is boring and it is even 20-30 years too late to be nostalgia to those who grew up in the silent movie age. Not worth watching unless you have trouble sleeping.