Review of City Lights (2014) by Winston J — 27 Sep 2008
I cannot say that 'City Lights' is Chaplin's funniest film. His movies are ALL consistently and delightfully hilarious: 'The Kid'', 'the Circus, 'the Gold Rush', and 'Modern Times'. It's hard to measure the laughs of any Chaplin movies against each other, because all of his silent feature films are ingeniously and genuinely funny. They all are a great viewing experience and deserve a look.
City Lights, however, may be his finest film overall. I had seen enough Chaplin movies to finally read up on a couple of books about the artist: it was in these books that I found out that Chaplin had shot the ending for 'City Lights' many times over in order to get it right.
Mr. Chaplin knew what he wanted and he managed somehow to truly deliver the goods: 'City Lights' had totally taken my breath away upon first viewing, and even as I watch the film again and again it still leaves me speechless.
*****.
This review of City Lights (2014) was written by Winston J on 27 Sep 2008.
City Lights has generally received very positive reviews.
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