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Modern Times (1936) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Modern Times (1936) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinopsis (--) Cinopsis (--)
Charlot travaille à la chaîne dans une gigantesque usine. Il resserre quotidiennement des boulons. Très vite aliéné par les conditions de travail, il se retrouve d'abord à l'hôpital, puis en prison. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Cinopsis (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr) Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Chaplin's sentimental politics and peerless comic invention dovetailed more perfectly in this film than in any other he made. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine Boxoffice Magazine
Summer of 2003 marks the long-awaited return to DVD of the films of Charles Chaplin, initially released through Image and CBS Fox video but discontinued in August of 2001. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton) DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Charlie Chaplin, according to Roger Ebert, was the most famous person in the world for the first half of the twentieth century. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson) DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Charles Chaplin was so wealthy after City Lights, he could easily have retired. But six years after the change to talking pictures, he instead came back with an essentially silent comedy. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dk CinemaZone.dk
Efter den store genudgivelsesserie af Charles Chaplins nyrestaurerede spillefilm på DVD, er det nu også blevet til en biograf-repremiere på Moderne Tider fra 1936. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson) Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Charles "Charlie" Chaplin (1889-1977) is still the most famous person in the world. That's thanks to the universal appeal of motion pictures, to which the stage-trained Chaplin took like a fish to water. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Expanded Cinemah Expanded Cinemah
Anni Trenta. Tempi moderni: una storia i cui personaggi sono l’industria, l’iniziativa individuale, l’umanità che marcia alla conquista della felicità. In una fabbrica controllata via schermo, la Electro Steel Corp. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Expanded Cinemah
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Net (Jules Faber) DVD Net (Jules Faber)
His name is synonymous with classic comedy. He is regarded as one of the finest comedians of all time. His caricature is still recognised today by the majority of the western world. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Net (Jules Faber)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.com filethirteen.com
Charlie Chaplin is nothing short of an icon. His emblematic Little Tramp is practically a logo for film itself. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at filethirteen.com
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson) Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
The last great silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin finally retired the Little Tramp here. The Tramp (Chaplin) is trying to find work, which leads to the usual assortment of hilarious complications. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis) Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Finds the comedy in the dashing of hopes, though it has both the verve to be funny for funny’s sake when it feels the urge and the fortitude not to tidy up every dark stroke. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Erik Lundegaard) Seattle Times (Erik Lundegaard)
Good physical comedy will always be funny, and Chaplin was a master. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Seattle Times (Erik Lundegaard)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means) Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Chaplin's satiric dissection of the economy circa 1936 looks downright prescient. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Exclaim! (--) Exclaim! (--)
Four Chaplin classics get the deluxe DVD treatment with this series of two-disc issues that delves deep into the history of the Little Fellow, fleshing out the restored classic films with documentaries, archival footage, and in many cases more than one ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Exclaim! (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Edwin Jahiel (--) Edwin Jahiel (--)
A masterpiece. One of the best movies ever made. Perhaps Chaplin’s very best. And you can watch it in a new, digitally restored print ­and sound. Yes, sound. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Edwin Jahiel (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit) ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)
There once was a time when films could not be digitally enhanced. It was an era without special effects, without Technicolor, and without sound. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
This Chaplin classic (he produced, wrote, directed, starred, and composed the music) is about two people struggling with the isolation of the industrial era. Chaplin (simply called "A worker" in the credits) is tightening bolts on an assembly line. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller) filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
"Modern Times" is Charlie Chaplin's last silent film. It is my favorite of his movies, at least of those that I've seen. It has several outstanding sets, and a great score. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks) Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
No review available ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--) TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Chaplin's sentimental but keenly satirical swipe at the mechanization of everyday life is by consensus the last of the great silent features. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith) Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
A great movie, a funny movie, an important movie. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (Gerry Shamray) Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (Gerry Shamray)
Charlie Chaplin is the Orson Welles of comedy. One of his funniest silent films is Modern Times , a brilliant spoof on technology that's more stinging today than back in its 1936 release year. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (Gerry Shamray)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews (Mike Pinsky) Daily-Reviews (Mike Pinsky)
Nearly 70 years later, Modern Times is still one of the most fascinating works in American cinema. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Daily-Reviews (Mike Pinsky)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for BBC Films (Almar Haflidason) BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
he last appearance of the Little Tramp was in one of Chaplin's most side-splitting films. "Modern Times" remains a wonderful production line of physical sight gags. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
This social protest film is Charlie Chaplin's final stand against the synchronized sound film - and it is also his last full-length "silent film" - although it must be noted that it is a quasi-silent film. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Offoffoff -- The Guide to Alternative New York Offoffoff -- The Guide to Alternative New York
Filmed during the Depression of the 1930s, this timeless adieu to the world-famous Little Tramp features a synthesis of everything we've come to love as Chaplinesque, including a silent hero seven years after the advent of sound. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Offoffoff -- The Guide to Alternative New York
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Film Judge The Film Judge
The film can be viewed as a discussion of the conditions faced by the lower classes — the worker and the unemployed... it also discusses the role of the media as dictator and as entertainer... ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at The Film Judge
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Journal (Mark Bourne) DVD Journal (Mark Bourne)
ixty-seven years after Modern Times premiered, a stunning restoration of it screened after Cannes' Sunday awards ceremony. It was a high point of the festival, where an empty seat was illuminated by a spotlight to honor Chaplin, who died in 1977. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Journal (Mark Bourne)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze) DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
The title alone would mark Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times as a period piece. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CultureDose.net (John Nesbit) CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
There once was a time when films could not be digitally enhanced. It was an era without special effects, without Technicolor, and without sound. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian) The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
En vanlig fabrikkarbeider opplever en særdeles tøff arbeidsdag, og går amokk på maskinene. Han blir lagt inn på sykehus, og når han kommer ut er han ikke særlig begeistret for maskiner. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Decent Films Guide - faith on film Decent Films Guide - faith on film
Silent films were already old-fashioned and out of vogue in 1936 when Charlie Chaplin completed his last silent feature film, Modern Times, almost ten years after the sound revolution began with The Jazz Singer. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Decent Films Guide - faith on film
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Village Voice (J. Hoberman) The Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
The title alone would mark Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times as a period piece. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at The Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle) San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Every time the Castro shows "Modern Times," someone sees a Charlie Chaplin feature for the first time -- and a door opens on something wonderful. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight) Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)
With his trademark bowler hat, cane, and mustache, Charlie Chaplin's "The Little Tramp" is instantly recognizable worldwide, even to generations of filmgoers whose idea of comedy begins and ends with Adam Sandler. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page
The Tramp has a demeaning job tightening bolts on an assembly line in a factory that makes a product that is never revealed. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
What we have is not just a story about a funny little man, but a morality fable, or cautionary tale, about people on the chuckholed road to the American ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Review e-zine DVD Review e-zine
Charlie Chaplin would have loved digital filmmaking. Watch his films (especially the Mutual two-reelers) and you see an artist in love with the technology of movies. When film was not malleable enough, only then did he resort to props (e.g. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell) CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
This is the film where Chaplin gets sucked into the bowels of a machine, tightening screws as he get squeezed through a series of cogwheels. There's also a great scene with a gadget that's designed to feed him so that he can work without interruption. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Magazine International (Casey McCabe) Movie Magazine International (Casey McCabe)
It would be tempting to look at the newly restored print of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and say that the 1936 film is as relevant now as it was then. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Movie Magazine International (Casey McCabe)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Orbital Reviews Orbital Reviews
Modern Times opens with a great scene comparing men to sheep through showing both groups hurrying through tight spaces in a similar fashion. In the movie, Charlie Chaplin plays a factory worker who has a monotonous job on an assembly line. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Orbital Reviews
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Reporter (--) Hollywood Reporter (--)
The picture is a two-hour almost continuous gale of laughter with sidesplitting gags generously distributed throughout the five major sequences and the several minor ones. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Hollywood Reporter (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for MediaScreen.com MediaScreen.com
In 1930, Garbo spoke. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at MediaScreen.com
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio) DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" (1936) has been referred to as the last great silent movie, the last appearance by the Little Tramp, and the funniest movie ever made. Those references may be close to the truth, but they may not be entirely accurate. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
In this classic film we follow the misadventures of the Little Tramp as he tries to survive and find fulfillment in a depression ravaged United States. The movie contains several enduring images of life in an industrial age. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Philosophical Films (Dr. Jorn K. Bramann) Philosophical Films (Dr. Jorn K. Bramann)
Chaplin's film is, of course, not a philosophical treatise on social conditions, but a successful comedy. It is nevertheless a most striking illustration of what Marxists have analyzed as Alienation. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Philosophical Films (Dr. Jorn K. Bramann)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Time Out (--) Time Out (--)
The last appearance of the Chaplin tramp, before Hitler, Monsieur Verdoux and other personae took over. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Time Out (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Musings of a Cinemaphile - Revisiting the Greatest Films Ever Made Musings of a Cinemaphile - Revisiting the Greatest Films Ever Made
Chaplin didn't think much of talking pictures. He famously predicted that they would die out in five years and gleefully pressed on making silent films long after his contemporaries had abandoned the process all together. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Musings of a Cinemaphile - Revisiting the Greatest Films Ever Made
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Frank S. Nugent) New York Times (Frank S. Nugent)
The hands of the cinema clock were set back five years last night when a funny little man with a microscopic mustache, a battered derby hat, turned up shoes and a flexible bamboo cane returned to the Broadway screen to resume his place in the affections ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at New York Times (Frank S. Nugent)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for moviediva moviediva
Charles Chaplin bids farewell to both his Little Tramp character and the silent era in this hilarious film with serious undertones, as two non-conformists, a factory worker and a gamine, search for happiness in an increasingly soulless society. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at moviediva
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chaplin's almost-silent masterpiece has been cleaned up, polished to an art-deco sheen and re-released simultaneously into theaters and to DVD stores around the country. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.) Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
This mostly silent film features Charlie Chaplin as his most famous character, the Little Tramp. In this wonderful film, Chaplin faces the dangers of the modern factory. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuide DVD MovieGuide
Modern Times was Chaplin’s examination of contemporary society. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews At-A-Glance Film Reviews
With Modern Times, made in 1936, nine years after the technology to make sound films became available, Chaplin was still doing what he could with a medium that seemed antiquated even then. We're lucky he was so stubborn. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp) Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Charlie Chaplin's realization of the "alienation of the worker" in the opening segment is incredibly powerful, unquestionably Marxist, precisely on point, and "goes beyond itself" to a magnitude to make Nietzsche weep and surrender. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Filmdog - (Mike Fisher) Filmdog - (Mike Fisher)
"Modern Times" is located at the crossroads where silent film meets the talking picture. Everyday dialogue is silent, but voices are heard from radios, phonographs, and videophones used by big industry heads. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Filmdog - (Mike Fisher)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal) Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The fact that the film is still playing in theaters today is a testament to its effectiveness. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz) Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Chaplin's last silent and the last time he uses his signature character of the Little Tramp (familiarly garbed in a small derby, mustache, baggy pants, tight jacket and cane). ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Mirror Movie Mirror
The president (Allan Garcia) of Electro Steel watches factory workers on a screen and orders them to speed up. The Worker (Charlie Chaplin) tries to keep up, tightening bolts on an assembly line. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Movie Mirror
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A lot of movies are said to be timeless, but somehow in their immortality they fail to draw audiences. They lead a sort of half-life in film society revivals, and turn up every now and then on the late show. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (--) eFilmCritic.com (--)
“You'll never laugh as long and as loud again as long as you live! The laughs come so fast and so furious you'll wish it would end before you ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at eFilmCritic.com (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film Commentary by CGK (--) Film Commentary by CGK (--)
The little tramp works in a futuristic factory tightening bolts that pass by on a conveyor belt. One day he has a nervous breakdown from the stress of his job and creates chaos in the plant before being carted off. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Film Commentary by CGK (--)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw) Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
An artist with vision swimming against a tide we know will eventually win. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Modern Times (1936) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuide DVD MovieGuide
Of the three Charlie Chaplin movies found in the American Film Institute’s “Top 100”, 1936’s Modern Times was the final entry; the other two - 1925’s The Gold Rush and 1931’s City Lights - came earlier in his career. ...read the complete Modern Times movie review at DVD MovieGuide
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