If you see one film this holiday season, make it this one. It is like nothing you've ever seen before (including the old silent films.) It may be a "silent" picture but it will completely entertain you with it's joy, heart, sorrows, and redemption. It stars two actors whom I had not had the pleasure of seeing before, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, along with some very familiar faces (John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Miller and a brief appearance by Malcolm MacDowell.) The story is centered around Jean Dujardin, the quintessential silent film star George Valentin (much like John Gilbert), who is cast aside when the talkies begin production. Berenice Bejo plays the young ingenue, Peppy Miller, who has a chance meeting with George, dances her way into a part in one of his pictures, and rises to glorious fame as a star in the talkies. This film is delightful in so many ways and I urge you to see it in a theater. The magic will be lost when it is downsized to your television (no matter how big it is.) Go for the feeling of what it must have been like during the silent film era (minus the live orchestra, of course.) "The Artist" is clever, 100% entertainment, beautiful and winning. This is why I love the movies.
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