Brooks has taken a considerably stylistic risk and pulled it off triumphantly.

…this is a mostly harmless and generally enjoyable comedy, and one that’s a pleasure to spot the various gags in. Brooks is a comic’s comic, and Silent Movie allows him plenty of scope to do his thing, quietly but effectively. …

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

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