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Modern Times is a 1936 American comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization.
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Same as The Great Dictator this is a 30's nostalgia fest for silent movies. That probably splits its contemporary audience right down the middle. "Rich white girl' Paulette Goddard makes a non-credible street waif. Like plenty of other old style classics this seems very obvious and normal. It's probably been copied by nearly everyone since... ABM Rating 2/3
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