With just about a week until the Oscars, it seems like The Artist is the frontrunner for best picture. I wouldn't exactly call it a masterpiece, but it's a strong film: entertaining and, in its own way, kind of daring. I mean, a SILENT film, right? At a time when all the emphasis is on IMAX, 3-D and every other technical innovation, it would be quite a statement for the motion-picture academy to give its top prize to a movie that could pretty much have been made in, say, 1917. And in any case, Jean Dujardin, who plays the male lead, deserves some kind of recognition. He's got that great Maurice Chevalier/Charles Boyer (no relation) charm, plus he can dance!
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