It all goes on for too long – never losing steam because it struggled to gain it in the first place.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 20, 2024

Silent Movie proves that Hollywood can still make a picture that's funny from start to finish. Nuff said.

| May 9, 2023

A marvelously silly, good-natured comedy.

| Aug 3, 2022

The real gag is the slew of Hollywood actors who get recruited to star in this thing as themselves...

| Feb 1, 2022

Silent Movie has more ups than downs and is a guaranteed sidesplitting, lunatic look at movie studios and the behind-the-scenes personnel that help keep the reels rolling.

| May 26, 2020

There are so many gags, so many hilarious moments, that halfway through the brisk ninety-minute film, the audience is tempted to cry uncle.

| Oct 31, 2019

Basically it has no plot skeleton, it is very repetitive and when a very annoying character appears, in charge of Bernardette Peters, the film becomes quite boring. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 4, 2019

... fun from beginning to end... [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 7, 2018

What disconcerts me about Mr Brooks is his obviousness, the lack of any true surprise in his gags.

| Jun 16, 2015

Silly strained comedy.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 30, 2014

Not Brooks' best, but still funny

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 20, 2007

While Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein stride across the land with seven-league boots, Silent Movie glides on tip-toe like Bugs Bunny in ballet slippers.

| Sep 4, 2006

Mel Brooks has never known when a joke is worthy of a five-minute bit and when it's something you can flesh out into a full length feature.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2005

Largely a success due to some very funny sight gags, but even at a brief 87 minutes, Brooks seems to be stretching things to feature-film length in the last half-hour.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 6, 2005

Low end of Mel Brooks' films.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 19, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2005

Mel Brooks was THE comic master of the 70's

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2005