In City Lights we find the second of Charlie Chaplin's three most acclaimed comedies. It lacks the consistent laughs of The Gold Rush and the social commentary of Modern Times but it still works nicely as a bittersweet love story. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVD MovieGuide
If only one of Charles Chaplin's films could be preserved, ``City Lights'' (1931) would come the closest to representing all the different notes of his genius. It contains the slapstick, the pathos, the pantomime, the effortless physical coordination, t ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)