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Critical response to the film, on the other hand, was very positive. The film has been credited with influencing later filmmakers. In particular, the motivations and personalities of its characters had a complexity that was unconventional in the context of early 1920s American cinema. Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance champions "A Woman of Paris" and writes at length in "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema" of the film's importance. Vance notes,