Not nearly as funny as Modern Times but this film is a true gem. It was a real joy to watch. The boxing scene was hilarious and the ending was very heartwarming. Chaplin is always charming, and always a joy to watch. Fantastic!

A lovely comedy, a compelling drama and a heart breaking romance.

Excellent gags one after another with an essential story. This is a crystal clear slapstick, possibly one of the best of genre. My favorite is the opening statue gag.

It's amazing just how much content Chaplin manages to put in such a short movie. Many scenes here are true classics, most notably the first scene with the flower girl, the boxing match and the final scene. Fewer scenes here made me laugh out loud than in Modern Times, but as a trade-off the romance scenes are more involving; in fact, they're easily the best part of the film -- other than Chaplin's perfect score, that is.

It's here more than any other film that Chaplin attains that sublime blend of life's tragedy with its comedy. We often find the two intertwined, or at the very least Charlie moving deftly from one to the other. The scenes with the flower girl pop off the screen with dramatic, and romantic power, while the failed suicide attempt and the boxing match deliver laughs that build and deepen as the scenes play out. City Lights is on the short list of must-sees in cinematic history.

Perhaps Chaplin's most touching, heartwarmingly funny classic. Simply a joy to watch.

Lovely.

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Such a classic..actually made me cry

Chaplin will never cease to be funny. His movies are timeless,

# 21

Em Luzes da Cidade, Chaplin deixa seu testamento para o cinema. Esse é simplesmente o filme mais belo ja feito...

The tear-inducing closing scene, in which she discovers that he is not a wealthy duke but only The Little Tramp, is one of the highest moments in film and one of the biggest reasons I began to journey into cinema. Without me watching this film, I may not have dived so deep into film like I have. Could very well be my favorite film of all time.

Lovely Chaplin film.

The most beautiful movie I've ever seen in my life.

It's few movies that make you laugh AND cry. Well me anyway.

I never liked Chaplin that much. Buster Keaton all the way, man.

The last scene...

I hate admitting that I don't like Chaplin. It makes me feel like a bad person. But he just doesn't ring my bells. Most of his gags are really predictable (gee, I wonder if he'll get knocked in the river again!) but maybe that's just because he's been so often imitated. I actually like him more as a romantic actor than a comedic one, so those bits of City Lights appealed to me. The rest of it I didn't care for.

It's not a hilarious movie - Chaplin is so iconic and has been imitated so often, that some of the comedic scenes no longer pack the same punch - but it's amusing throughout with its fair share of laugh-out-loud moments (particularly the boxing match). Where this really shines is the romantic scenes - silent films are far less susceptible to the banality of some modern romances, due to their simplicity, and the romance here is downright heartwarming.