DVD: The Artist
Sunday 27 May 2012
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Michel Hazanavicius deserves the many plaudits which have been heaped upon him, as do his sparkling stars, Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. But at the risk of being sacrilegious, wouldn't their delightful film have been better if it had had a bit more story, or a little less running time?
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