Limelight

Roger Ebert

If Limelight as a whole is Chaplins farewell, then that final vaudeville act is surely his farewell to slapstick. ( Read More )

Variety Staff

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. ( Read More )

Geoff Andrew

Few cinema artists have delved into their own lives and emotions with such ruthlessness and with such moving results. ( Read More )

David Parkinson

Elements of self parody from the master of slapstick leave you yearning for the early work that made his name. But its worth a watch to see Chaplin and Keaton in one of few on screen appearances together. ( Read More )

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. ( Read More )