Excellent conceit of a (mostly) silent movie following the fall and humbling of a dashing silent film star (Jean Dujardin) who cannot adjust to the move from silents to talkies and the beautiful ingenue (Berenice Bejo) who grabs the brass ring and rides the new medium even as she loves the fallen idol. A star is born, the acting is fine, the signs are everywhere played for the typical melodrama of that period yet they work today as well as they did then. Very nice work from the two stars and the supporting cast, especially John Goodman. A very delightful Jack Russell Terrier steals more than one scene. Very well done. See this film. It just won the Oscar