Another Over Rated Film By Oscar

Rating: 4/10 (15 June 2016)

In 1927, on the eve of talking pictures a silent film star meets a young dancer and the coming of the talkies sends their careers in opposite directions. This is an over rated film if ever there was one, and another example of the now cringe worthy Oscars getting it wrong. A film that may have pulled it's message off better in a 30 minute short not a 100 minute feature. This mostly silent and black and white (not that there is anything wrong in that) homage to silent films has precious few laughs or even smiles and too much old hat melodrama. Jean Dujardin likable actor that he is, but did he deserve best actor for this? no. Film is average.