The Artist (2011)

[This review has spoilers, you have been warned.]The Artist is a silent black and white film made directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The Artist is about a famous silent black and white movie actor seeing the film industry change to sound instead of silence. His name is George Valentine. He meats a woman named Peppy Miller who he then invites to the world of cinema. Then the future arrives. Valentine's boss shows him a "Talkie" but Valentine rejects the "invention." You then see the fall of his career and in the mean time you see another career flourish: Peppy Miller. Miller has become a widespread success with the "Talkies." This actually happened to many silent actors. They could not evolve to the films with sound and caused many to lose their life. This movie was the winner of 7 Oscars including Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Picture. Now on to the actual review. When I walked into the theater I expected a masterpiece. I received nothing less. The style is what I think made this movie so special. But of course the story is what matters the most. It is great with compelling characters and good drama and suspense to keep it going. The interaction that the characters have with each other is charming and sometimes even depressing. Dujardin's and Bejo characters are charming and their interactions with each other are funny. A small flaw was that the dialogue cards that come up didn't give me enough time to read but that might just me.
9.5/10
Why not a 10? [KINDA SORTA A SPOILER] I am not giving this movie a ten because of its ending. If I was to make/finish this movie, I would have made it much darker and much more grittier BUT this is never the less a masterpiece. Watch this movie and even if you just don't like silent movies or this one doesn't interest you, you should still check it out. It won best picture for a reason.