Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Artist

As promised here's the avclub review for the salient plot points.

I don't have much to say about this (famous last words). Its a generally fun little film, that's able to hold your attention even though its silent. Its definitely not the best film of the year (even though the word is its going to win), but whatever, not everything can be Crank 2.

The one thing I will say is that its got a few surprisingly dark moments - specifically two suicide attempts including one self-immolation. The second one is even played off as a joke and completely ignored by the person who saw the main character re-create Rigg's first scene From Lethal Weapon. So that's cool. I guess what I'm saying is go see The Artist if you think suicide is a joke.

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