Modern Times

The film does feel very relevant, especially when looked at in the context of the Google Bus/gentrification protests. More admirable physical comedy by Charlie Chaplain--even more astonishing given he was 47 when he made the film. A less savory factoid is the fact he later married his very young co-star, Paulette Goddard who was about 26 when the film was made. That aside, she is very spunky and gives you someone to cheer for throughout a very long and unremarkable movie. This is the loosest of his films plot-wise; indeed, most of it feels like an amalgamation of loosely related comedy bit sequences. Even the soundtrack including spoken (sung?) dialogue by Chaplain can't save this from a two star rating.