Neighbors

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sean l A pair of young, star-crossed lovers make time for each other despite the intrusions of parents, neighbors and passing lawmen. It's basically just Buster Keaton having ridiculous amounts of daring, carefree fun in a pair of old city tenements with a shared backyard; causing trouble and taking lumps in an uphill struggle to steal kisses from the girl next door. The entire first reel is a head-spinning riot, armed with constant bouts of misdirection and mistaken identity that stack and re-frame each other as the material risks pile up. Buster's climbing electrical poles, dangling from clotheslines and plummeting through floorboards, all with a showman's touch and the small, but iconic, dash of genuine danger that's become his trademark. The plot actually reaches a manner of resolution, too, which is unusual for these short-burst setups. Normally, we'd see the hero finally land the girl, collect a peck on the cheek and roll credits. This time, the actual wedding ceremony provides new opportunities for mayhem and mischief, as neither family can stand the other and the bride's father gets cold feet. Hilarious, inspired physical comedy from the prime years of a silent film legend. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member good comedy short silent from Buster Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a top notch Keaton short as it drags a little at times, but it has lots of good stunt work and a pointed black-face gag about race and the police (unfortunately contrasted with a possibly racist ghost gag, though Keaton might have done the same gag with a white or Asian family and just happened to do it with a black family - hard to know). Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Facial expressions and timing. Two families that aren't fond of each other happen to be neighbors. When the son of one family (Buster Keaton) falls in love with the daughter of the other (Virginia Fox), it isn't long before both families are up in arms and misunderstandings become escalated. Honestly speaking, Keaton has yet to let me down, and even his twenty minute shorts never fail to get uproarious laughter out of me. This is laugh out loud physical, slapstick humor, and while I typically react negatively when I see this in my modern movies, it just ends up being wildly charming in silent films. Buster Keaton is fearless in sacrificing his body, and he performs stunts that will make your jaw drop; when you get to the ending where they are doing a human totem pole, you know that couldn't have easy, or 100% safe, for that matter. There are a couple of racial things that aren't really cool, but that's just a sign of the times, as this was released in 1920. This is just another winner from Keaton. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Crazy entertaining and hilarious for just a few minutes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member another hilarious movie by Buster Keaton, which successfully bring such comedy that even still funny to be seen at this decades. BRAVO Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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