A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.... (Full plot summary below)
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A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThere's really no such thing as Chaplin's best film -- maybe his five or six best -- but City Lights is probably as close as you're going to get to that default title. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonBoth funny and touching, this showcases Chaplin at his best. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf 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, the melodrama, the bawdiness, the grace, and, of course, the Little Tramp--the character said, at one time, to be the most famous image on earth. |
| eFilmCritic.comCollin SouterCity 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. |
| New York Daily NewsIrene ThirerWe're exhausted because we laughed so much and so heartily at City Lights that we feel considerably weakened. Here's praying that we fast regain our strength so that we may journey to the George M. Cohan theatre to see Charlie again - and again - in this new heart-breaking masterpiece of comedy which he offers pantomimically to a worldful of movie-goers...City Lights is excruciatingly funny and terribly, terribly sad. It makes you chuckle hysterically. You have the greatest time imaginable, and yet, occasionally you find little hurty lumps in your throat. |
| All Movie GuideDan JardineA paean to our finest impulses: perhaps Chaplin's finest effort. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonNo filmmaker has ever been as successful as Chaplin in tugging at our heartstrings while simultaneously leaving us helpless in laughter, and this gem finds him operating at the peak of his abilities, even throwing his usual social critique into the mix. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasThere’s dignity and folly to The Tramp in City Lights, and everything in between. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOf all Chaplin's films (with the possible exception of Modern Times), City Lights offers the fullest characterization of the Tramp. He's a loner who comes and goes almost like a dream figure or a drunken angel. Without family, friends, or a place to live, he stands outside of our reality, sometimes trying to fit in and sometimes not caring whether or not he does. Yet, like a child, he is a complete innocent with a pure heart and the best motives. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIncredibly powerful and heartbreaking ending. |
