City Lights

Movie • 1931

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Chaplin’s silent-era masterpiece. Heartfelt, hilarious, pure magic.

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Chaplin's blend of comedy and pathos in this silent classic is timeless.

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A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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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.

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Roger Ebert

Chaplin's films age so well, I think, because his situations grow out of basic human hungers such as lust, greed, avarice.

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Reelviews Movie Reviews

City Lights is Chaplin's farewell bow to the silent era and his greatest film, for its mix of physical humor and tender, heartbreaking poignancy.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Chaplin is grand. He raises the status of the silent picture to the rank of an art through his pantomime.

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Eye for Film

"It's a wonderful love story, and it claims the most romantic, life affirming final shot of any film in cinema."

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Variety

Chaplin has another good picture... but the film isn't so strong that there isn't some doubt concerning its holdover power.

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IMDb

'City Lights is one of those film that you will think you have seen even when you have not.'

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Movies Silently

City Lights is the story of a tramp (Chaplin) who is ignored and abused at every turn but he maintains his hope that romance and acceptance are just around the corner.

moviessilently.com/2013/12/03/cmba-blogathon-film-passion-101-city-lights-1931/

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