Considering how many bad movies I've seen in the last year this one finally deserves high ratings from me. Especially since this is not a genre I normally even watch. I've never been a fan of silent movies or old school visual comedies like this. But I was surprised.

First you need to understand the context of this comedy. It was meant to be a parody of the "silent movie" era and did a great job of recreating one. I actually watched this twice, once with and once without audio. It was better without audio.

Second, back in the old days when this was made things were much different than today without all the woke and political correct nonsense. It was also a far more naive and trusting era. Some of the things you see in the movie you wouldn't see today. Like leaving main floor doors and windows open at night, cuffing a noisy bratty kid to shut up and the main character would have been arrested for being a sexual predator stalking a woman. LOL

Last but not least. Too bad the film lost a little of its original quality over time. There's so many interesting details in the background that some of it was lost and too dark or grainy to see. There's a Godzilla poster I really wanted to see but it was never clear enough.