Mercifully, it lacks the pretentious moralising of [Chaplin's] later work, and is far more professionally put together.
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02/09/06
The Gold Rush (1925)
100 %
Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 29 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Synopsis: This Chaplin classic finds Charlie in the Klondike searching for gold. Maintains a careful balance of masterful slapstick, romantic tenderness, and wry social satire. Also contains the celebrated "dancing dinner rolls" gag. Re-release in 1942 featured sound narration. Academy Award... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Georgina Hale, Mack Swain
Reviews
Top Critic
It's easy to see why this has consistently entertained generations of audiences.
08/31/03
Top Critic
The blend of slapstick and pathos is seamless, although the cynicism of the final scene is still surprising. Chaplin's later films are quirkier and more personal, but this is quintessential Charlie, and unmissable.
06/27/07
The Gold Rush is a distinct triumph for Charlie Chaplin from both the artistic and commercial standpoints, and is a picture certain to create a veritable riot at theatre box offices.
06/27/07
Top Critic
Chaplin said that it was the movie he most wanted to be remembered for, and damn if he didn't get his wish.
04/14/06
Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness.
03/25/06
Top Critic
City Lights might be Chaplin's most exquisite achievement, but he never made a funnier or more beloved film than his own personal favorite, Gold Rush.
02/11/06
Curiously melancholy yet packed with laughs, the picture's funniest moments aren't even the famous ones.
08/11/05
The Gold Rush was one of [Chaplin's] purest comedy-fantasies, with some brilliant set-pieces including Charlie changing into a chicken and the 'dance of the dinner rolls.'
06/21/04
From the famous shoe-eating dinner to the dance of the dinner rolls, Chaplin’s effortless mining of comedy and pathos is pure gold.
02/24/04
Chaplin balances every funny sequence with a sense that humor is our last resort against suffering.
02/16/04
The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other.
07/26/03
Top Critic
...quintessential Chaplin: sweet, semi tragic, comforting, and most of all funny.
06/24/03
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