Review of Sherlock Jr. (1924) by Fallon B — 16 Apr 2016
Far and wide legend Buster Keaton's best feature film, however only being 45m long. In short Sherlock Jr. is about a film projectionist boring life who longs to be a detective, and while he is in the projection booth he falls asleep and drifts away into his dreams, where he IS a famed detective solving everything he can.
Sherlock Jr. is close to flawless, the only minor flaw that I could find is that the setup to the actual idea of the movie is way to long (despite the movie only being 45m long), but when the movie gets up to speed it's unstoppable, impeccably creative, intelligent, entertaining, exciting and sometimes magical. (The billiard scene truly is one of the most phenomenal scenes i've ever seen in a film).
Keaton is infamous for his daring stunt work, and Sherlock Jr. shows that yet again with some nail biting sequences, and you figure ''how has this guy not died from doing stunts this crazy''.
All in all, Sherlock Jr. is simply excellent.
This review of Sherlock Jr. (1924) was written by Fallon B on 16 Apr 2016.
Sherlock Jr. has generally received very positive reviews.
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