Battling Butler

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Alexander B @RT91585287 11/29/2022 This was a very funny and lovable boxing film. A must for boxing fans. See more 03/20/2019 For His Friend, The Butler. Battling Butler Keaton's exploration on the sport genre has a formula so effective and moving, that it still is applied to win over millions of heart even after a century; almost! This journey from a no one to someone speaks the most with a common man that has ever aspired to make it big. The only weak aspect of the film is the storytelling in its second act, that gets way too hefty for it to surf above the level fluently. It goes deep with multiple characters coming in and out, where before you know you are in the final round where Keaton knocks you out with a sweet satisfying punch. The gags come in handy in a Buster Keaton film, but what's surprising is that the obvious physical comic sequences like him training or boxing isn't his major asset. The smooth smart gigs that are kept to help put the audience at ease while the story advances, is real gold. Like the table that sinks under the ground or a couple fighting over a window pane or bickering sweetly with no bars held. And as far as gags that are weaved to draw in chuckles are concerned, behold Keaton when he is trying to hunt in a boat or getting tangled in a rope or worrying to death when he is told to fix a bulb. His awareness of the characters and the plot can be derived from the scale of brattiness he exposes when he is out with the nature and his butler still provides him the luxuries like a king living in a palace- even a cigarettes is smoked with the help of the butler while his mother talks sweet with him. Battling Butler is a one big fight that starts off energetically and gets tired in its middle act only to end up on a high pitched dramatic note. See more 05/23/2013 human cartoon buster keaton brings it. See more 09/29/2012 A case of mistaken identity and coincidence, "Battling Butler" is some great irony but with not as much of the Keaton stunts that are usually in his films. See more bill t @Spuzz 04/28/2012 Amusing Buster Keaton movie that sort of loses it towards the end, but oh well. Keaton stars as a spoiled rich brat being confused for a boxer and, yes, must learn to fight to win the hand of the girl he loves! Not his best, but by no means his worst either. See more 03/08/2012 Keaton enters the boxing ring as an imposter of the lightweight champion of the world to impress a girl. Needless to say he is in a tight spot. See more Read all reviews

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