Modern Times (1936) Reviews & Ratings

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Modern Times reviews

Modern Times holds a 8.3/10 average from 4,201 TMDB ratings.

Really good movie from visionary and fun Charlie Chaplin in which industry literally swallows the human being.
— Andres Gomez (8/10)

I wonder how many people watch this nowadays and sympathise immediately with Chaplin's unskilled worker trying to keep up with the relentless march of technology? It starts with him being an unwilling guinea pig for a gadget that appears as useful for cleaning teeth as it is for feeding him - a cunning invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the prov…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

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