Not Oscar Worthy - Highly Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (7 July 2012)

You'll find this movie mildly amusing if you have never seen: - A Chaplin Silent... - A Harold Lloyd Silent... - A Gene Kelly Movie... - Dancing in the Rain... - A Fred Astaire Movie... - The Thin Man Movies from the '30s... - An Actual Silent Film...
If you haven't seen any of the above, then this extremely cliché, poor substitute for the real thing, may amuse you just a tad.
Bérénice Bejo screen presence is highly uninspiring. Jean Dujardin gallantly attempts to carry the movie through, but the hyper cliché, almost comic book amalgam of many popular screenplays from the silent era that is the source material for this movie, kills his effort to save the film.
Watching The Artist to get an experience of a real silent movie, is like buying a $50 Breitling from Canal Street, in China Town, New York City for an experience of the actual watch.