Al Ernest Garcia, Charles Chaplin, Florence Lee

The Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Release Date: January 1, 1931

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000

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  • June 13, 2009
    A crowning achievement, "City Lights" isn't only a truly great film, it is also an everlasting proof of Chaplin's brilliant, timeless imagination and it is actually quite impressive that the film consists at least five separable ideas for a feature pictures, that's how well it is...( read more) thought-out, written and executed.

    Chaplin builded up "City Lights", like any other picture, on simple, common seen things filtering them through his complex sensitivity, by which he gives us one of the most charming and funny scenes ever put on film, like the one with failed suicide, or a boxing match or the famous, remarkable ending.

    Chaplin is a giant. And "City Lights" simply a perfection.
  • December 2, 2008
    often considered the greatest film by the legendary charlie chaplin, city lights is a beautiful love story with tons of charm. although it drags a bit at the start, the story picks up and gets better and better as time goes on, providing a poetic ending with a bit of a twist. n...( read more)o one can deny chaplins genius, and this film is a great display of some of his most witty comedy. an all time classic.
  • August 4, 2008
    what a great film. leave it to chaplin to make a successful silent film in the sound era, even mocking the talkies at the beginning. the little tramp befriends an alcoholic millionaire who conveniently never remembers him when sober. and that's just for starters. the boxing s...( read more)cene is some of the funniest stuff i've seen in any film ever. and that ending, well...
  • June 21, 2008
    One of my new all-time favourite films. Has one of the best, most romantic tearful, endings ever. The best of the phenomeon that was Charlie Chaplin.
  • May 6, 2008
    why are more people are familiar blow for blow and scene for scene w/ the three stooges' every friggen short and yet (most are) ignorant about this homegrown work of art, of brilliance, i'll never know, but it kinda points to a very serious little problem in our dearly beloved so...( read more)ciety if you ask me. a heartbreaking film about sacrifice that's so unbelievable you wouldn't believe it...unless you're lucky enough to have had someone do it for you...
  • October 15, 2009
    One of the most beautiful movies ever made.
  • October 10, 2009
    adore it. as if it could be any other way?
  • September 23, 2009
    His silent movies are magical ! Entertaining and genius !!
  • September 22, 2009
    I do not know, but words certainly can't describe the brilliance of this film by genius Charles Chaplin. And "City Lights" also contains arguably the most hilarious sequence ever filmed: The Boxing match. I cannot believe how a film of 80 years of age can still tickle the funny b...( read more)ones of our generation. And the ending is a beauty, filled with heartbreak and pathos.
  • September 14, 2009
    Quite possibly the funniest movie ever.
    Truly meticulous and absurd in the amount of detail and thought put into every scene or shot. What seems as though just for laughs is really for head scratches and maybe some soiled jeans.
    Super filmmaking

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Contains some of Chaplin's great comic sequences. full review

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  • sportboy
    February 21, 2008
    well this looks a bit like Christmas lights and I enjoyed that movie.Saw I can't wait to see this one.

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