Modern Times is one of the most emotionally evoking films in the past century and certainly one of Chaplin's masterpieces up there with City Lights and The Great Dictator. In Modern Times we see Chaplin's genius at work demonstrated via the character of the Tramp. Between the humorous and controversial scenes at the Steel Factory which seem as a direct jab to progress and the enslavement of men by machines, and the heartwarming scene at the restaurant where the Tramp tries out as singing waiter, Chaplin managed to mix all these elements together and with Paulette Goddard doing a wonderfully good job in the part of the Gamin, he conjures this immortal film which still captivates audiences almost eighty years after its' release. Modern Times is surely the perfect curtain call for the silent movie era.
Review of Modern Times
