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Limelight
The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!
The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 1952
Limelight
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A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Director:
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Charlie Chaplin
Cast:
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Norman Lloyd
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Nigel Bruce
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Buster Keaton
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Charlie Chaplin
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Sydney Chaplin
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Claire Bloom
,
Andre Eglevsky

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Details

Runtime:
137 min
Release date:
16 Oct 1952
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$900,000
Revenue:
$1,000,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 4 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
What comes through most clearly in Limelight, however, is that Chaplin had come to terms with his life.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
8 Aug 2011
fresh:
Departing from most forms of Hollywood stereotype, the film has a flavor all its own in the sincere quality of the story anent the onetime great vaudemime and his rescue of a femme ballet student.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Neither comedy nor tragedy altogether, it is a brilliant weaving of comic and tragic strands, eloquent, tearful and beguiling with supreme virtuosity.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
Few cinema artists have delved into their own lives and emotions with such ruthlessness and with such moving results.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Charles Chaplin's 1952 film is overlong, visually flat, episodically constructed, and a masterpiece.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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