Mel Brooks will do anything for a laugh. Anything. He has no shame. He’s an anarchist; his movies inhabit a universe in which everything is possible and the outrageous is probable, and Silent Movie, where Brooks has taken a considerably stylistic risk and pulled it off triumphantly, made me laugh a lot. — Roger Ebert

This is almost as enjoyable now as it was nearly forty years ago, when first released. The comedy, as you could probably guess, is pretty universal and timeless, and it’s only some of the stars who may be slightly unfamiliar to modern audiences — even if I do dislike the thought of a world in which people don’t recognise Anne Bancroft, Burt Reynolds, or Paul Newman (…). If you’re a fan of Brooks then you should enjoy this. If you’re a fan of comedy then you should enjoy this. In fact, most people should enjoy this. — Kevin Matthews