Modern Times (1936)
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Synopsis
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Cast
- Charles Chaplin
- Paulette Goddard
- Henry Bergman
- Tiny Sandford
- Chester Conklin
- Hank Mann
- Stanley Blystone
- Al Ernest Garcia
- Richard Alexander
- Cecil Reynolds
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EASILY my favorite from Chaplin. Can't tell you how good it feels to genuinely love one of his films rather than just appreciate it. Everything about this is great.
KarstenThat fellow with the hat and the cane was very charming and funny.
PaddingtonSep 20, 2014I love animated films, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them, but I remember when my daughter exclusively watched only that genre at a very young age and I was thinking to myself, at what point can I show her more? When will she be ready to explore cinema beyond…
Scott Anderson - Oct 25, 2012
Even though it's not a completely silent movie, it sure proves dialogue is sometimes completely unnecessary. Sheer genius.
DirkHMar 7, 2025Capitalism is so evil that The Tramp was happier in jail. Kind of the definitive timeless movie.
Joe AAug 10, 2020The title of Modern Times holds a double meaning to the film. It comments on living during the depression-era, but it also comments on Charlie Chaplin’s career during the transition of talkies in cinema. Dropping this silent masterpiece when the silent-era was in the past…
san - Feb 9, 2020
Charlie Chaplin going through gears of the machine is what cinema was made for.
Matt The SnapperFeb 15, 2018i'm always so insanely jealous when i watch a film where the characters stay in a department store alone for a whole night. they're living my childhood dream!!
sarahAug 12, 2020After the feeding machine nearly leaves the Tramp dead, the Henry Ford-ish factory owner concludes: "It’s no good – it isn’t practical."
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- Danial lovedModern Times
This is one of Charlie Chaplin's most important works, if not the most important. Because of this movie, Charlie was pursued until he fled outside America, he also predicted World War III three years before it happened, I recommend it. 🎩🪄
Caio lovedModern Timesum tratado sociológico sobre a modernidade sem dizer uma palavra!
Hank Jenkins lovedModern TimesEasily Chaplin’s best
- Charlie G is "meh" onModern Times
It’s not really my time of movie since there is no dialogue and towards the ending it was confusing and boring, but I did try a new type of movie and it was a alright movie not the best but I would say is that I don’t like Charlie Chaplin’s movies even though this is the first 1
nevan lovedModern Timesmy first charlie chaplin film, a masterful blend of silent and “talkie” era elements that combine to create a truly innovative and engrossing comedy with tons of wit and charm. perfectly shot and acted with an impressive variety of set pieces and jokes, feels modern enough
Yeuris Asencio lovedModern TimesNice comedic film about the great depression during the 1920s, not very focused on the informative side but still very funny and touches on the struggles at the time here and there. I also love Chaplin’s character and his attitude, it’s so chaotic.
- lilbruzer14 likedModern Times
First time watching a Chaplin film. Very entertaining, great slapstick that genuinely got laughs out of me. It does feel a bit played out by the end, but overall it tells an encompassing story that just gets side tracked from time to time
Adiee likedModern TimesA bunch of tomfoolery Actually a very fun watch, which is saying something bc it’s nearly a century old. Super charming semi silent film. I wouldn’t say this movie was ahead of its time, but it definitely holds up very well.
j lovedModern Timesloved this movie, not for the slapstick humor or whatever but for what he got across in it. i feel like a lot of people watched this movie but watched it for entertainment instead of also watching it with a critical eye.
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Metacritic
Remains Chaplin's most sustained burlesque of authority.
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
Chaplin's sentimental politics and peerless comic invention dovetailed more perfectly in this film than in any other he made.
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
An ungainly masterpiece, but Chaplin's ungainliness is something one can grow fond of.
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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