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• AJ V

  
  Another great movie from Keaton. This one has some really exciting and funny sight gags. Keaton fans can't miss out on this movie.

• Stella D

  
  and he does his own stunts! did this guy make any bad films?

• John B

  
  It is difficult for me to determine whether I like Keaton or Chaplin more as silent slapstick actors. I thought Keaton was brilliant here as an unlikely captain of a steamboat. The laughs continue to hold up today.

• Matthew Y

  
  This film is all about the set pieces, stunt work, and camera magic that pull off the special effects, the storm scene in particular. The story is rather weak and the characters uncompelling. Keaton's performance and top notch sight gags raise the film above it's… More
  This film is all about the set pieces, stunt work, and camera magic that pull off the special effects, the storm scene in particular. The story is rather weak and the characters uncompelling. Keaton's performance and top notch sight gags raise the film above it's shortcomings. Even Keaton on an off day towers over the comics of today.

• Chris B

  
  Another amazing Buster Keaton film and filled with some of the most ornate and dangerous site gags ever captured on film. The film is only 70 minutes long but makes a ton of hilarious set pieces and stunts within the aforementioned runtime. While it isn't my favorites Keaton film… More
  Another amazing Buster Keaton film and filled with some of the most ornate and dangerous site gags ever captured on film. The film is only 70 minutes long but makes a ton of hilarious set pieces and stunts within the aforementioned runtime. While it isn't my favorites Keaton film to date, that honor is The General, it is nonetheless spectacularly and a wonder to behold. Films like this literally take you back in time with them and viewers get an inside look at the past. This was the first of my introductions of Buster Keaton to my brother Jon, who saw the film for what it is and with an open mind, fell in love with it. Highly Recommended!

• Jared H

  
  Although the overall concept, from beginning to end, wasn't nearly as ingenious as that of "The General," it's just impossible not to have a good time while watching Buster Keaton do what he does. The storm sequence in the last act of the movie was really amazing.… More
  Although the overall concept, from beginning to end, wasn't nearly as ingenious as that of "The General," it's just impossible not to have a good time while watching Buster Keaton do what he does. The storm sequence in the last act of the movie was really amazing. To think that they filmed it in 1928 just blows my mind. That iconic sequence alone makes this movie worth watching.

• MJS M

  
  There are few who will dispute that Buster Keaton is a master stuntman, and this movie displays that as well as anything. The extreme physical comedy that Keaton puts himself through is really breathtaking in many ways, particularly during the iconic cyclone scene. There?s also a… More
  There are few who will dispute that Buster Keaton is a master stuntman, and this movie displays that as well as anything. The extreme physical comedy that Keaton puts himself through is really breathtaking in many ways, particularly during the iconic cyclone scene. There?s also a pretty neat story about fathers and sons here and there?s a good performance by Ernest Torrence which almost upstages Keaton, at least in the non stunt scenes. It?s hard to argue against this movie, but while I watched it I couldn?t help but be solidified in my somewhat unhip view that Chaplin was, on the whole, the better filmmaker of the two great clowns. Chaplin?s movies made real attempts at pathos, while Keaton?s movies just kind of seem like elaborate and very well staged stunt shows by comparison.

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