The Play House (1921) :
Brief Review -
'This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show' and HE IS.. i pinched to reconfirm. The Play House largely for that famous sequence where Buster Keaton plays every role is nothing short of dream and that's exactly how he do in the film. The Play House is as familiar as its title and delivers the same promised by it. After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works. A riot of non-stop activities where every single one causes a hard laughter. It's not out an out comedy flick and with the short runtime, it never even tries to be one so prepare yourself for that. Otherwise, it offers a new Flavour of comedy with new sets of cones. The first 10 minutes are all about Keaton taking you all on a ride of a dreamy sequence and even in reality we have to believe that it's a dream only. Seeing 9-10 Buster Keaton on screen with 9-10 different make-up and get-ups is nothing else but fascinating. However, it's not hilariously funny because the visuals don't have the capacity to be wonderful and funny at the same time. Either Keating could have went for high end gags or he could have done this wonderful thing of appearing as 'the whole show' in those 5 minutes. So, he does it and he successfully creates that amazement park which is followed an amusement park in the second half. After that famous scene, things become normal and decent comedy is formed through errorful situations. That twin sisters scene is damn Funny though, especially that Kissing scene. In 22 minutes, Buster Keaton shows you different different colours out of his prism. Others hardly get anything to do something noticeable so let's forget them. Overall, The Play House is a mad house built by Genius Buster Keaton and one visit to this house isn't harmful at all. Another fine comedy and another memorable segment by the one and only Keaton.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
'This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show' and HE IS.. i pinched to reconfirm. The Play House largely for that famous sequence where Buster Keaton plays every role is nothing short of dream and that's exactly how he do in the film. The Play House is as familiar as its title and delivers the same promised by it. After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works. A riot of non-stop activities where every single one causes a hard laughter. It's not out an out comedy flick and with the short runtime, it never even tries to be one so prepare yourself for that. Otherwise, it offers a new Flavour of comedy with new sets of cones. The first 10 minutes are all about Keaton taking you all on a ride of a dreamy sequence and even in reality we have to believe that it's a dream only. Seeing 9-10 Buster Keaton on screen with 9-10 different make-up and get-ups is nothing else but fascinating. However, it's not hilariously funny because the visuals don't have the capacity to be wonderful and funny at the same time. Either Keating could have went for high end gags or he could have done this wonderful thing of appearing as 'the whole show' in those 5 minutes. So, he does it and he successfully creates that amazement park which is followed an amusement park in the second half. After that famous scene, things become normal and decent comedy is formed through errorful situations. That twin sisters scene is damn Funny though, especially that Kissing scene. In 22 minutes, Buster Keaton shows you different different colours out of his prism. Others hardly get anything to do something noticeable so let's forget them. Overall, The Play House is a mad house built by Genius Buster Keaton and one visit to this house isn't harmful at all. Another fine comedy and another memorable segment by the one and only Keaton.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.