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While most have been dubbing this year\u2019s most talked about film ‘witty and moving’, the team here at the agency<\/a> are shocked by The Artist\u2019s reviews, with Talent Management\u2019s MD labelling it ‘total drivel’.<\/p>\n

On acclaimed film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, where film critics often viciously vent their dislike for a film, a remarkable 97% of critics gave this dialogue and colour free film a positive review.<\/p>\n

In fact, with an average score of 8.8\/10, incredibly the film received the highest praise on the website’s rating system; a \u2018Certified Fresh\u2019 seal.<\/p>\n

With a film that feels sluggish throughout, despite clownish, over-exerted acting efforts from Jean Dujardin and B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo, all that\u2019s left to praise is the music. And yes, we did enjoy the moving, albeit repetitive, musical score by Ludovic Bource. That was until actress Kim Novak described it as “rape”, after we all realised Bource had stolen a portion of Bernard Herrmann’s score from the 1950s classic Vertigo and injected it in his own work.<\/p>\n

While Novak said that The Artist \u201cshould’ve been able to stand on its own without depending on Bernard Herrmann’s score from Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ to provide more drama”, we\u2019re doubtful. Let\u2019s not forget, there were 3% that agreed with Talent Management\u2019s bemused interpretation of this so-called \u2018delight\u2019.<\/p>\n

Disheartened by the film, critics\u2019 comments on Rotten Tomatoes included: \u201cIgnores everything that’s fascinating and memorable about the silent-film era, focusing instead on a patchwork of general knowledge, so eroded of inconvenient facts that it doesn’t even qualify as a roman \u00e0 clef,\u201d and \u201cIf The Artist truly were from the period it’s about, it would be a minor film that occasionally played on TCM at 3AM, and about which even hardcore silent film fans wouldn’t care much.\u201d<\/p>\n

One critic even suggested that The Artist has diminished all hope of the classic era of silent cinema ever being revived, saying: \u201cInasmuch as Hazanavicius wants to revitalize the silent cinema, my fear is that this film has already nailed the coffin shut for good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another accused the film of being a \u2018suck-up\u2019 to Hollywood, merely to score big at The Hollywood-based Academy Awards: \u201cThe Academy Awards are the biggest annual party that Hollywood throws for itself, and The Artist is a movie that worships Hollywood. Looks like a done deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, there are a lot of people that disagree with us. But we\u2019re still baffled as to where this esoteric appeal stems from. If you\u2019re \u2018Team Artist\u2019, let us know your thoughts right here on the Talent Management Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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