1928 · comedy · silent
The Circus
Directed by Charlie Chaplin1h 12m1928
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Our read: The Circus (1928) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · silent entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / silent, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- funny
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“You want timeless Chaplin charm, circus stunts, and sweet unrequited longing.”
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