The Circus

"One of his funniest films and certainly the most troubled (...) Yet a delightful movie emerged from the turmoil (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"'The Circus' is likely to please intensely those who found something slightly wanting in 'The Gold Rush' (...) [but] it will prove a little disappointing to those who revelled in the poetry, the pathos and fine humor of his previous adventure" 

"'The Circus' may be the film that most definitively silences critics who claim that Charlie Chaplin’s movies aren’t cinematic (...) [It] never feels maudlin or self-pitying (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The classic sight of the little tramp accidentally stumbling into the big top of a circus only to become its leading attraction is always amusing (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Chaplin manages to work a miracle, exploiting the various circus activities to richly comic effect." 

"Never a dull moment from beginning to end (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Though it seems less ambitious than 'The Gold Rush', it's ultimately more satisfying, with its perfectly pointed pathos, its sustained bits fully integrated into the dramatic development, and its poetic imagery." 

"Chaplin’s last pure silent is also his most formally complex (...) The movie has never fully achieved its stature with audiences."