Fresh
One of the many remarkable things about Charlie Chaplin is that his films continue to hold up, to attract and delight audiences.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Modern Times
He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!
1936 · 1h 27m · G
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
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Overview
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Director and cast
- Charlie Chaplin Director
- Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
- Paulette Goddard as A Gamin
- Henry Bergman as Cafe Proprietor
- Tiny Sandford as Big Bill
- Chester Conklin as Mechanic
- Hank Mann as Burglar
- Stanley Blystone as Gamin's Father
- Al Ernest Garcia as President of the Electro Steel Corp.
- Richard Alexander as Prison Cellmate
- Cecil Reynolds as Minister
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The picture is grand fun and sound entertainment, though silent. It's the old Chaplin at his best, looking at his best -- young, pathetic and a very funny guy.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
It's the coldest of [Chaplin's] major features, though no less brilliant for it.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The opening sequence in Chaplin's second Depression masterpiece, of the Tramp on the assembly line, is possibly his greatest slapstick encounter with the 20th century.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Chaplin's political and philosophical naivety now seems as remarkable as his gift for pantomime.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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