Modern Times (1936)iMDB Rating: 8.6.
Date Released : 25 February 1936.
Genre : Comedy, Drama.
Movie rated : APPROVED.
Run time: 87 min.
IMDB votes : 79,362.
Director: Charles Chaplin.
Writer: Charles Chaplin.
Stars : Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford.
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital... When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out.
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Modern Times Review :
One of the funniest movies (silent or talkie) ever!This movie is a must see for anyone who loves comedies. Charlie Chaplin is at his all-time best as the Tramp, and he has wonderful chemistry with Paulette Goddard's Gamin. Together, they provide an hour and a half of non-stop laughs. My favorite parts are when he is fed by a "modern" machine that goes awry, and then when Charlie goes crazy in the factory. The situations and expressions are hilarious! Please see this movie soon...you definitely will not regret it.
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