The Artist/YMMV


 * Ear Worm: The entire soundtrack. There's a reason it won the Oscar for Best Soundtrack.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Jack, George's dog, has gotten a lot of love, and is probably remembered most fondly.
 * Jerkass Woobie: As much as George suffers, he brings a lot of it on himself; he's arrogant, vain, and inexplicably cold to his wife.
 * Oscar Bait: At the risk of sounding cynical, but it is true.
 * Could be considered an aversion, as the director wasn't thinking about awards when making the film but to have fun with the homages to the silent era.
 * It really isn't. A silent movie hasn't even been nominated for Best Picture since 1928.
 * But it does practically worship Hollywood and film making, plus it's a return to a classic style.
 * Tear Jerker: That ending... Dear God that ending!
 * Let's just put it this way, this film is notorious for making the audience sniffle like crazy once it gets to the scene where