Modern Times

1936

ComedyDramaRomance

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

"He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!"

Rating

8.282
3794 votes

Popularity

4.5201

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Charles Chaplin Productions

Runtime

87 min.

Budget (M$)

1.8 / 1.5ROI 120%

Status

Released

Release: 2/5/1936

Credits

Modern Times

Charlie ChaplinDirector

Modern Times

Charlie ChaplinThe Tramp (A Factory Worker)

Modern Times

Paulette GoddardA Gamin

Modern Times

Henry BergmanCafe Proprietor

Modern Times

Tiny SandfordBig Bill

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Reviews

Andres Gomez

11/5/2013

8 / 10

Really good movie from visionary and fun Charlie Chaplin in which industry literally swallows the human being.

CinemaSerf

6/19/2022

7 / 10

I wonder how many people watch this nowadays and sympathise immediately with Chaplin's unskilled worker trying to keep up with the relentless march of technology? It starts with him being an unwilling guinea pig for a gadget that appears as useful for cleaning teeth as it is for feeding him - a cunning invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the proverbial - but that's just the start with these wacky, frequently absurd, ideas that sees our hapless hero expend considerable energy and quick-wittedness trying to stay one step ahead of these "advances" - oh, and of just about everyone else he encounters as he struggles, comedically, along! Meantime, a starving, homeless, orphaned woman - Paulette Goddard - is caught pinching a loaf by a rather snooty passer-by, she bumps into Chaplin on the street whist effecting her getaway, and the pair are soon in cahoots together for more engaging escapades. Chaplin is outstanding in this film - his agility, timing and visionary direction - not just of the film, but of the portents for society at large - resonates just as soundly today as when audiences started watching it 85 years ago. It swipes at modernity, but not just for the sake of it , it's not luddite in outlook - just evaluative of what/who gets left behind - and that isn't just the blue collar workers either... The scenes on the ice skates in the department store are a delight to watch; charm, humour and agility all rolled into one - and I love his style consuming the rum! Definitely one for a big screen, there is so much going on...

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