Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

gavin6942 Charlie Chaplin is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.This is Chaplin and the tramp as you expect him. Innocent, courteous, and having misfortunes come his way. We have a rocking boat that is not unlike the gag in "Gold Rush" (though it makes more sense here). And, of course, there is a girl. The tramp is always after the ladies.Some people have tried to get a social or cultural message out of this picture. And yes, there most likely is one. But the real joy is just seeing Chaplin in action. The film has been very well preserved and will be enjoyed for years to come. (I write this in 2015, so the film is almost 100 and still holds up just fine.)

lugonian THE IMMIGRANT (Mutual Studios, 1917), Written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin in his eleventh short subject for Mutual, is another well-produced comedy with a good mix of proper story and funny sight gags. Though the film itself could have developed into feature length form, allowing more plot and character development to Chaplin's title role and others around him, the end result, is a story divided in two parts: the first being an introduction of Charlie and other immigrants before they just come off the boat; the second with Charlie in America waiting his ship to come in.PART ONE: The opening introduces an assortment of various immigrants gathered together on a boat crossing the Atlantic Ocean awaiting their arrival to the land of opportunity. One of the immigrants is a nameless passenger whom will be classified as Charlie (Charlie Chaplin). As he tries keeping balance and avoiding seasickness as the ship sways back and forth in seesaw fashion, Charlie, unable to eat a hearty meal, offers his seat in the mess room to a young girl (Edna Purviance) traveling on board with her widowed mother (Kitty Bradbury). On deck playing a game of cards, one of the players (Henry Bergman) sneaks away long enough to lift the entire life savings from Edna's sleeping mother to use for further gambling purposes. However, it's Charlie who wins the cash. After learning of Edna's misfortune, Charlie, as a friendly gesture, offers her his winnings. As the ship passes the Statue of Liberty and docks on Ellis Island, the passengers part company. PART TWO: Charlie, broke and hungry, finds a coin (possibly a silver dollar) resting on the sidewalk and uses it to spend on a square meal at a nearby restaurant. While there, Charlie reacquaints himself with Edna, inviting her to accompany him for dinner. After Charlie witnesses what happens to a diner who's ten cents short on his bill by a giant-sized waiter (Eric Campbell), also his server, Charlie discovers, to his shocking surprise, the coin to pay for he and Edna's meal is gone!Others featured in the cast of Chaplin stock players include: Albert Austin (Man in restaurant); Frank J. Coleman (Immigrant/ Restaurant Manager), John Rand, James T. Kelly and Loyal Underwood. Take notice Henry Bergman can be spotted playing two different roles, that of a shipboard passenger, another as an accomplished artist.Once again, Charlie presents himself as both gentleman of nerve and gentleman of heart. Though it's never fully realized of Charlie's country origin, one would assume that since Chaplin is of British birth that his character is one coming to America from his native England. A funny and agreeable silent comedy with some truly classic scenes, the best saved for its second half in the restaurant involving Chaplin and his Goliath-sized waiter (Campbell).For the documentary, "Unknown Chaplin," it was profiled as to how THE IMMIGRANT was developed. Using existing outtakes showing Henry Bergman playing the waiter, it's been said that Chaplin found something not right with the picture. Once substituting Bergman with the fierce looking Campbell, the restaurant scene developed into one of the funniest sequences in the entire movie. Sources note that when THE IMMIGRANT was completed, Chaplin had as much as 90,000 feet of negative, having Chaplin himself spending four days and nights editing and putting the pieces together to his satisfaction, which indicates what a perfectionist Chaplin was and how dedicated he was to his craft. Even the final result is atypical Chaplin, making this every bit worth his lost coin of admission to see.Reviewed from 1990s video cassette copy from Blackhawk/Republic Home Video distribution, the twenties-style orchestration and sound effects on the soundtrack from 1930s reissue simply turns this into pleasant viewing experience. Restored prints with clear visuals, new orchestration and silent speed projection (30 minutes from standard 21) from KINO Video, availability on VHS or DVD, is the print occasionally used for Turner Classic Movies broadcasts (TCM premiere: December 6, 1999). Beware of some poor copies of THE IMMIGRANT and some with missing opening inter-title, "A widow and her daughter" pertaining to Edna and mother) with inappropriate/ bad scoring that hurts the significance of such a great comedy classic. Next Chaplin Mutual comedy: THE ADVENTURER. (****)

Paul Hesp The Immigrant was the first Chaplin film I ever saw. In the early 1950s, with little pocket money for the shows in the village cinema and virtually no TV ownership, the occasional Sunday film afternoons organized at the home of a school friend by an uncle of his were a real treat. The film collection wasn't that big, so I must have seen The Immigrant a dozen times, as one of a dozen kids screaming with delight, even in anticipation of scenes we already knew by heart. Many decades later the film has lost nothing of its quality, never mind that it is from an era when film was a sort of vaudeville theatre shot with a static camera. For a start there is the figure of the Tramp, with his physical agility, precise movements and wonderful range of facial expressions. Then there are the many bizarre types, especially the waiter (Eric Campbell) who frightened me to death when I was a child: a huge man with monstrous eyebrows over bulging eyes, capable of bending coins (false, I know) with his teeth. There is the hilarious rolling of the immigrants' ship, which forces people sitting on opposite sides of a table to take turns shovelling food into their faces and has fat ladies rolling like barrels. Finally, this is one of Chaplin's very 'economical' early shorts: every shot counts. In spite of their great qualities, Chaplin's later, longer films are occasionally a bit sloppy and marred by patches of sentimentality, reminding me bit of Dickens' novels. As do the many bizarre and theatrical characters and the depiction of grinding poverty in Chaplin's films. Dickens, very much a man of the theatre himself, no doubt would have loved film as a medium. A pity Chaplin never took on David Copperfield, Hard Times or Bleak House.

secondtake The Immigrant (1917)A Sweet Summation of What Chaplin Was--and IsThis short Charlie Chaplin feature, just under half an hour, is easy to love and still modern in its greater sensibility. It plays with familiar attitudes--winning money then having to give it all away, or just boy meets girl--and it keeps them fresh, even now, almost a century later. Chaplin shows off physical comedy with compactness on the boat--the rocking back and forth is just short of frenetic at times, though we never quite get dizzy (at least not on the small screen), I think because his movements counteract the boat's so elegantly. It's no secret what he's doing, and I think that is part of his charm. We can imagine a friend doing the same in a moment of inspiration, no tricks, just comic ballet.Once the poor immigrants are set up as not quite destitute (despite the dying mother), and we pass time just as much as they do, there is the shot of the Statue of Liberty passing, and even Chaplin, himself an immigrant, stops his action and watches. This is as the U.S. is about to enter WWI, immigrants are flooding in, and patriotism is expected. The ending is also classic Chaplin--it shows his big heart, his humble intentions, and his winning charm. He gets the girl (with a little physical assistance in the name of comedy, but she's laughing). A terrific capsule of what the man's comedy is about. And the existing transfer to video is clear, with just a few missing frames evident at the start.