Chaplin was a great director in his time but many of his films have aged badly, simply because his sentimentality has completely gone out of fashion which puts a modern audience in a rather uneasy relationship to the Tramp character. This problem also applies to this film which for a long time was regarded as one of the very best ever made. It probably is no more.
Despite of this, The Gold Rush is still very much enjoyable for its most famous moments, like Chaplin devouring a shoe (which was made out of licorice, I believe) or the potato-fork-dance.
Despite of this, The Gold Rush is still very much enjoyable for its most famous moments, like Chaplin devouring a shoe (which was made out of licorice, I believe) or the potato-fork-dance.