The Cameraman

The Cameraman (1928)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 57% want to see it
    (1,635 ratings)

This is one of the last films from Buster Keaton's classic period, before the coming of sound and interference from MGM spoiled his work and softened his popularity. The Great Stone Face portrays Luke Shannon, a "tintype" portrait photographer who develops a serious crush on Sally… More

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Genres
Comedy, Romance

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Studio interference damaged the film but could not destroy it.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Keaton's last great comedy.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    The Cameraman gave Buster one of his best roles and he filled it with one of his most touching and fleshed-out performances, using mostly his intense eyes.

  • Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

    One of Keaton's most impressively self-reflective films and an ode to the unexpected and elusive lightening-in-a-bottle nature of filmmaking.

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    A sequence in Yankee Stadium is a standout for its allowing Keaton a moment to actually extemporize.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Saskia D


    My first Buster movie! And I really liked it! He must've had a lot of bruises in a period where stunt men weren't available! What I liked about it was the expressiveness and the tight choreography, every movement is timed without looking strained or enforced. It was painful… More

  • Stella D


    my new favorite keaton film and the last one he made relatively free from interference at mgm. chaplin warned him not to sign :(

  • AJ V


    This is such a sweet movie, I love it. It's funny, exciting, and has a good story.

  • Devon B


    Buster Keaton plays a street photographer who sees the girl of his dreams. He later tracks her down, finding out she works as a secretary in the newsreel department at M.G.M., and trades his tintype camera in for a cheap, 2nd hand movie camera. He tries desperately to get a job in… More

  • Drew S


    One of the forgotten great comedies of the silent era. Buster Keaton was a badass.

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