Who's in it?
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman

What's the plot?

Winner of 3 Golden Globe awards including Best Motion Picture - musical or comedy

Winner of 7 BAFTA awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director 

In romance drama ‘The Artist’, George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a world-famous silent movie superstar.

However, his illustrious career looks set to come to an abrupt end when talking pictures arrive, changing the face of cinema forever. At the same, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), a struggling young dancer, is catapulted into stardom thanks to her natural ability for the new medium.

Filmed in black and white, without dialogue, ‘The Artist’ tells the story of what happens when they meet and share their dreams and ambitions.

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Contains scene of mild threat.
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Well, my name is Dean Flanders and an employee with ODEON and all I would say that on my own comp I have seen The Artist 15 times so far; this is surely my all time personal record for any one film that I have seen in a cinema, and I have achieved this feat within the last 3 months at ODEON Greenwich where I work, and also at ODEON Swiss Cottage, and quite a number of my long time friends have also saw this film....and we all thought it was superb!
It must surely be a most courageous act by Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin, to name just 2, to do a concept of a silent movie and achieve what they got at the end of the day! But well done to EVERYONE in this movie. I still intend to watch it for the 16th time.....

I have seen this film twice now and can say I enjoyed it even more the second time!

It was very brave to do something that could be seen as oldfashioned. It gives an insight into Hollywood of that time and is brilliantly acted by the 3 leading characters! It is hugely entertaining and beautiful to watch.

I will watch it again and continue to recommend it! A one off and truly lovely film!

Featuring outstandingly expressive performances from Oscar-nominated leading man and lady Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, a delightful 1930s-inspired musical score accompanying sharp and snappy dialogue, dazzling black-and-white cinematography and editing reminiscent of the 1930s movie era, excellent art direction and costume design, and an overall impeccable understanding of the application of humour and romantic character drama to a classic narrative, writer and director Michel Hazanavicius crafts The Artist as a consistently entertaining and utterly engrossing masterpiece of modern French filmmaking evoking the magic of silent-movie cinema that is ultimately worthy of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Winner of 5 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin
Best Original Score
Best Costume Design

Nominated for:
Best Supporting Actress - Berenice Bejo
Best Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing