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The Circus
1928
· Movie
· 72 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #224
- IMDb #276
- Rotten Tomatoes #109
- Metacritic #296
- Letterboxd #502
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #244
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #287
- Metacritic Audience #965
- Criticker #130
- Kinopoisk #289
- AlloCiné #275
- Trakt #544
Every rating
73–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 94, everyone else 81.
See the most agreed on films →A homeless tramp finds work and refuge at a traveling circus after being mistaken for a pickpocket. His natural, unintentional comedic antics become a star attraction, but he remains unaware of his own success. His life is complicated when he falls in love with the circus owner's abused daughter, a skilled equestrian.
Details
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Writer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Studio
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- Released
- 6 January 1928
- Country
- United States
- Language
- None, English
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $9.0M
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Cast
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Awards
3 wins total
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