Innovative and emotional

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2013)

First of all...I loved the very idea of doing a silent film in 2011, although I wondered if the director could carry it off. To my delight, he did. The actor's feelings and emotions were easily conveyed through the film without being campy, and I thought John Jujardin and Berenice Bejo were simply brilliant in their roles.
If if there was one thing about the film that bothered me, I think it would be how similar the story line felt to "Singin' In the Rain", which is one of my favorite films. It wasn't exactly the same, but it felt like a bit of a re-telling. Also, because the theme music from "Vertigo" is so incredibly familiar to me, I felt distracted when it started playing on the soundtrack ("hey, that doesn't belong there!). But beyond that, I was taken in from beginning to end. The Artist absolutely earned its Oscars.