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sean l Hard luck Buster Keaton tries to win over a prospective father-in-law by proving his earning potential. He'll make bank to show he can support a family or he'll borrow the family revolver and bid the world adieu. Just another example of Keaton's pitch black sense of humor! Day Dreams is, at its core, just a loose collection of extra-short clips that don't waste a second before getting to the good stuff. Swapping jobs by the hour, Buster meets disaster in every field, finding excuses to pratfall and make a mess in his temporary gigs as a veterinary assistant, street cleaner, stage extra and more. The slimmer format seems to liberate Keaton, who effortlessly produces a string of playful, ingenious physical gags in each setting, just like the old days. I think the stress of constructing a cohesive, longer shared narrative may have hamstrung his creativity in the past few pictures; it's been a little while since he's felt this carefree. The film's best laugh is a neverending hamster wheel tumble through the spinning paddle of a riverboat, a comic device so potent he'd revisit and expand upon it several years later in his 1928 feature Steamboat Bill Jr. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Keaton tries different jobs and fails repeatedly! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review eric b Not one of Buster's better shorts. It's too episodic, includes a creepy suicide element and has no emotional pull at all. His acrobatic climb around a moving steamboat wheel is the best reason to see this one. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Often noted as the Keaton film missing the most footage, said to be between 3-10 minutes, which would have made this his only three reeler. As it stands, choppy and uneven, there are some good chase scenes involving hordes of cops (like "Cops"), possibly directed by Fatty Arbuckle in San Francisco, and Joe Keaton (Buster's father) giving his boy the famous Vaudeville boot. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Although greater films with Buster Keaton had yet to come, this one is a fine one, is inventive, funny, amusing and Keaton's character was pretty well defined already. I think Keaton wondered exactly the same question I constantly do: Is there a perfect job that lets me make a living? Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Keaton is better when hes cleverer. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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