Limelight1952
Limelight (1952)
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Cast
as Calvero
as Terry, a Ballet Dancer
as Neville
as Postant, an Impressario
as Harlequin
as Columbine
as Clown
as Stage Manager
as Piano Accompanist
as Mrs. Alsop, Landlady
as Street Urchin
as Street Urchin
as Street Urchin
as Street Musician
as Child in opening scene (uncredited)
as Stage Hand
as Street musician
Critic Reviews for Limelight
All Critics (36) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (1) | DVD (6)
What comes through most clearly in Limelight, however, is that Chaplin had come to terms with his life.
Intended as a tragicomedy, if not a tearjerker, it is a two-thirds bore that comes to life in the last half-hour or so, when the old-master clown stops trying to be pathetic and reverts to his inimitable proper stuff.
Elements of self parody from the master of slapstick leave you yearning for the early work that made his name. But it's worth a watch to see Chaplin and Keaton in one of few on-screen appearances together.
Departing from most forms of Hollywood stereotype, the film has a flavor all its own in the sincere quality of the story anent the onetime great vaudemime and his rescue of a femme ballet student.
Neither comedy nor tragedy altogether, it is a brilliant weaving of comic and tragic strands, eloquent, tearful and beguiling with supreme virtuosity.
Few cinema artists have delved into their own lives and emotions with such ruthlessness and with such moving results.
Audience Reviews for Limelight
A deeply heartfelt story that doesn't need too much effort to make us feel for and care about the genuine connection that grows between the two central characters. Besides, it is more than a pleasure to see Chaplin and Buster Keaton sharing the final act together.
Super Reviewer
Limelight is an incredibly beautiful, incredibly sad and at points incredibly funny movie. The cinematography is outstanding and the set design (namely during the Columbine sequence) was beautiful. Speaking of beautiful, Claire Bloom has never looked more lovely. Charles Chaplin's turn as Calvero is poignant and touching, almost as much as his script. Limelight is an all around great movie but the scene with Chaplin and Buster Keaton steals the show. The story starts bottoming out a little into the second hour but still a great movie. Proof that Chaplin was just as good after he started talking in his movies...
Super Reviewer
An interesting late Chaplin film, the highlight of Limelight for me was the scene with Keaton, other than that I found the movie pretty boring, but if you're a fan of his you should check this movie out.
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