Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.... (Full plot summary below)
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Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.
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| DVDJournal.comMark BournePremiering in 1952 when Chaplin was 63 years old, this melancholy reverie is a heartfelt expression of nostalgia for the Edwardian London music-halls of his youth, rich with deeply personal sentiment and warmly realized autobiographical fantasy. |
| Las Vegas Review-JournalCarol ClingThe at-long-last meeting of Chaplin and Keaton makes this a must. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherNeither comedy nor tragedy altogether, it is a brilliant weaving of comic and tragic strands, eloquent, tearful and beguiling with supreme virtuosity. |
| Village VoiceAndrew SarrisAlthough it was not quite his last film, there can be little doubt that Limelight was Charlie Chaplin’s farewell. It is also probably his most personal, revealing film. |
| Slant MagazineJordan CronkA beautiful, melancholy meditation on aging and inspiration, and a personal film that, on account of Chaplin’s own diminishing popularity and prospects stemming from accusations of supposed communist sympathies, exudes a very real weight in each of its rich, elegant images. |
| Sarasota Herald-TribuneChristopher LloydLimelight seems stuck in time, even for 1952. The un-ironic pathos and sentimental humanism seems almost quaint in the post-Hitler world. But that's Chaplin for you - a man who lived by, and wrote, his own rules. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat comes through most clearly in Limelight, however, is that Chaplin had come to terms with his life. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThis somewhat autobiographical piece goes heavy on the melodrama and employs humor in short bursts. |
| Film InquiryTynan YanagaWith Limelight, for one last, brief moment, it's like old times even as the new age begins and Chaplin relinquishes his crown to the younger generations. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonElements of self parody from the master of slapstick leave you yearning for the early work that made his name. But it's worth a watch to see Chaplin and Keaton in one of few on-screen appearances together. |
