Jeffrey M
A Night in the Show was an amazing Charlie Chaplin film. It was 25 minutes long, so it wasn't exactly a movie, but it was a film. Even though this film was a silent film, it was still very entertaining. A Night in the Show was very interesting and fun. A Night in the Show was also really funny, and guess what? I LOVE comedies. A Night in the Show was an amazing film. I give it a 90%. What a good film.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/17/24
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Makes its point early on and, while trying to up the ante, merely becomes redundant. Impressive physical action.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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sean l
Dual roles in a single setting for Charlie Chaplin, who invades an inept theatrical performance as both a snooty, sneering front-row aristocrat and a woefully drunken hobo up in the balcony. Neither has much interest in the show, what with the search for a fitting seat and/or a roaring good time, but it doesn't look like they're missing much. The rest of the house is far more entertained by the clumsy interruptions of their fellow spectators than the main act, and the whole scene quickly flies way off the handle. Despite playing multiple parts, Chaplin actually saves a fair amount of screen time for his support acts: a bumbling orchestra section, a food-toting man child, a nervous singing duo and many more bite-sized bits. The gags never let up, not even for a second, with several laughs greatly enhanced by the rapid film speed. Not a lot of story to go around, but plenty of material, if that makes sense.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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A Night in The Show is another one of Chaplin's classic comedy templates: put Charlie in a situation in which would be perfectly normal and ordinary were it any other person, but because it's Charlie Chaplin it's hilarious. In this particular short, Charlie takes a trip to a theatre show, and well, that's it.
Unfortunately the latter part of the template I mentioned does not hold true. It's not very funny. It's never boring, because let's face, Charlie could never be boring no matter what he did, but it simply doesn't have any really funny laugh-out-loud moments. It's disappointing, considering how great his other Essanay pictures are. But certainly not a waste of time. It's not too bad a film. But something that almost make it worthwhile is seeing Chaplin in two different roles. He plays the snooty man about town, as well as a goofy bum in the cheap seats. It's rather interesting to witness, especially considering that Charlie's completely unrecognizable as the bum. I didn't even know about it until reading the credits. Amazing.
Oh, and a little trivia for you, this is actually an adaptation of one of the plays that Charlie did for Fred Karno's show back in the day, before his fame and fortune. We're glad he moved on to bigger and better things than this.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/28/23
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This is a Charlie Chaplin short from 1915, although it says 1964 in the RT-database :) It's not his best film, but it has a few moments
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/17/23
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This is redeemed in part by the acts that parade across the stage throughout. However, Chaplin is in full "angry Charlie" mode, fighting with people, causing a ruckus, and generally being unpleasant and unhelpful. While a few of the set pieces are funny, all of it seems to have an unkind edge that seems pretty distasteful.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/26/23
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