The Art is ...

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2012)

For some this movie was the first glimpse of a man by the name of Dujardin. I had the pleasure of watching a few movies he starred in. Both comedies (especially the OSS 117 movies, very politically incorrect) and a drama/thriller. The faces he's making here, will come as no surprise to those who've already seen him before. They also know that he can act from those movies.
Even though I try to have as little information as possible, before going into a movie (therefor making it a sort of sneak preview kind of experience), everyone knew this was a silent movie. But would it work? Could someone really pull this off in our day and age, where we cherish the dialogue? I can tell you that it does work. Though I am afraid of the subsequent "Scary Movie" spoofs that will follow and try to mock this (and fail of course). Still back to this and its superb cast. Even though they are not talking you can see, if you look closely, that the words they are mouthing are English. Which makes sense having John Goodman in it, but is still quite intriguing, since it is silent after all ...