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Movie critics combined give City Lights (1931) a score of 3.7191 out of 4
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City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Review e-zineDVD Review e-zine
I can't recommend this release enough! ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVD Review e-zine
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDwolf (Rob Paul)DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
This is one of the highest moments in cinematic history, argue if you wish. The sheer emotion, the lack of theatrical trickery or effect...and more than 75 years later it works. That is the mark of a master. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
Chaplin once said, "Movies need dialogue as much as great symphonies need lyrics." From anyone else's lips these words are meaningless, but from this silent poet and true movie genius they ring true. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Nobody before or since has combined slapstick and poignancy to make such a perfectly timed, perfectly modulated entertainment. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
The story of a tramp in love with a blind flower girl, Charles Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS is one of the cinema's greatest and most durable masterpieces. Billed by Chaplin as "a comedy romance in pantomime," the film was a daring venture for its maker: a ...read the complete City Lights movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
City Lights is a great gift to all of us by a filmmaker at a latter-day peak of his genius ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
The quintessential Chaplin film - both the most perfectly crafted and the most representative of all the different textures and tones for which he is remembered. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for All Movie Guide (Dan Jardine)All Movie Guide (Dan Jardine)
A paean to our finest impulses: perhaps Chaplin's finest effort. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at All Movie Guide (Dan Jardine)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
City Lights, when watched today, has the feel of an old, personal story being passed down another generation. The ending is, to say the least, sublime. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
One of the cinema's greatest and most durable masterpieces. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
This is the movie with the amazing boxing scene, and the incredibly powerful and heartbreaking ending when the flower girl, sight newly regained, realizes who Charlie really is by touching his hands, then the look in his eyes when she silently rejects him ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
It is the culmination of all Chaplin's Little Tramp films, masterfully juxtaposing humor and sorrow to obtain a wonderful sort of bittersweetness that few, if anyone else, can achieve. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Through his perfectionism, Chaplin demonstrates that he can put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye simultaneously and leave us richer for the experience. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
...a film regarded by many as his masterpiece. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Charlie Chaplin struggled with this movie for years but the end result was one of his finest and most touching films. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (David Krauss)digitallyOBSESSED.com (David Krauss)
Silent film acting is truly an art, and only a few of Hollywood's elite mastered it. Chaplin was one of them, and his work in City Lights ranks among his finest performances. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (David Krauss)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Widely considered Chaplin's best film (or at least close to the best), this simple and sweet story has the beloved tramp going to outrageous lengths to raise money for a blind girl's "miracle cure. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
City Lights is easily one of Charlie Chaplin's greatest works, silent or talking. As a matter of fact, if you're going to own only one Chaplin title, make it this one. It's certainly my favorite. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
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
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Chaplin always said it was The Gold Rush by which he wanted to be remembered, but a lot of folks think City Lights is his best work. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Net (Jules Faber)DVD Net (Jules Faber)
City Lights is a gentle and simple film, incorporating some very funny sequences among the sentimental storyline of a humble man in love with a humble girl. ...read the complete City Lights movie review at DVD Net (Jules Faber)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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)
City Lights (1931) scores a combined 2.65 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"Delicately blends comedy and pathos." ...read the complete City Lights movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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City Lights (1931) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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City Lights (1931) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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