Perhaps the defining Chaplin film, and certainly his funniest.
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04/20/09
The Gold Rush (1925)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:29
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
Synopsis: This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated... [More]
Reviews for The Gold Rush
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11/15/07
The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.
06/27/07
The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.
06/27/07
Top CriticChaplin said that it was the movie he most wanted to be remembered for, and damn if he didn't get his wish.
04/14/06
Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.
03/25/06
Top CriticCity Lights might be Chaplin's most exquisite achievement, but he never made a funnier or more beloved film than his own personal favorite, Gold Rush.
02/11/06
Mercifully, it lacks the pretentious moralising of [Chaplin's] later work, and is far more professionally put together.
02/09/06
Curiously melancholy yet packed with laughs, the picture's funniest moments aren't even the famous ones.
08/11/05
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06/18/05
One of Chaplin's very funniest movies; not as indelibe as Modern Times, but close.
07/27/04
No review available.
06/29/04
The Gold Rush was one of [Chaplin's] purest comedy-fantasies, with some brilliant set-pieces including Charlie changing into a chicken and the 'dance of the dinner rolls.'
06/21/04
From the famous shoe-eating dinner to the dance of the dinner rolls, Chaplin’s effortless mining of comedy and pathos is pure gold.
02/24/04
No review available.
11/15/03
It's easy to see why this has consistently entertained generations of audiences.
08/31/03
Top CriticNo review available.
07/29/03
The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.
07/26/03
Vários momentos clássicos de Chaplin estão neste filme.
07/25/03
...quintessential Chaplin: sweet, semi tragic, comforting, and most of all funny.
06/24/03
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