Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) The 19-minute "Perfect Day" is a live action short film from 1929, so this one is already almost 90 years old. Wow! If you read the names of the people who made this, you will maybe realize already that it is a Stan&Laurel short film from their sound days already as they were among hose not too many who managed a successful transition from silent to sound film. But of course given the year when this was made, it is still a b&w film. Story-wise, I personally felt it just wasn't enough, not even for such a brief work. The 2 protagonists' wives added almost nothing except random waving at the camera that got repetitive at some point and Edgar Kennedy had no material either after the 10-minute mark. You could of course say this is realistic that he hasn't suffer even more from the lead duo's shenanigans, but well.. I don't know. To me he felt a bit wasted. I mentioned the repetitive waving already and in general they tried to stretch some joke here for too long, also everything involving the tire. Anyway, on a final note the right path for Laurel to shine is in my opinion the clumsy clown like Lloyd, maybe Keaton, but scenes like the brick window smashing scene should certainly be written for Hardy. Overall, this sadly is not the duo at their very best and it's really only worth seeing for the very biggest fans of the two. I give it a thumbs down.

Robert J. Maxwell Laurel, Hardy, and their wives drag Uncle Ed along for a picnic. There is a good deal of fuss and bother getting the food together, getting into the car, starting it, and finally leaving -- but they only travel about a block before the car and everyone in it sinks into an arbitrary fathomless puddle of mud.Some of the gags are very familiar by this time. At the sidewalk, Laurel throws a piece of metal at Hardy, misses, and it goes through a neighbor's window. The neighbor picks it up, slowly walks to the car, and throws it through the windshield. (In the shots that follow, the windshield has magically fixed itself.) Laurel deliberately takes the brick Hardy hands him and throws it through the neighbor's window. The neighbor retaliates in kind. We've seen it before, so we know what's coming and some of the humor is drained from it.What I found most enjoyable was Edgar Kennedy's foot. The unhappy Kennedy has gout and his foot is wrapped in so many bandages it resembles a soccer ball. Now, gout is an extremely painful condition. The joints turn red and swell up. I couldn't count the number of ways that gouty foot is traumatized. In the first instance, Laurel unthinkingly yanks a chair out from under the propped-up foot. The foot falls with a thump to the floor and is savagely attacked by the family dog. After that, the foot is stepped on, sat on, has a door slammed on it, and has the tireless metal rim of a Model T Ford run over it. Pretty inventive stuff.

tedg I am in the midst of watching a lot of Laurel and Hardy shorts. I'm amazed at a few things. There are over a hundred. They all use the same gag philosophy, often the same gags. And they range from pretty darn funny to boring.This is one of the boring ones. You know when you see a tray of sandwiches that it will be upset and the tray will be used as a weapon a few times. You know when you see a bandaged foot that it can only repeatedly pummeled. Sometimes they do these things with a pace and lightness that you get swept up in it.Other times, as here, you can imagine them as tired, coming to work to hear the day's layout and just not caring.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

Jackson Booth-Millard Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. Mrs. Hardy (Kay Deslys) and Mrs. Laurel (Isabelle Keith) are looking forward to a picnic with Uncle Edgar (Edgar Kennedy), suffering from a gouty foot, and husbands Ollie and Stan. Before setting off they are clumsy enough to drop the sandwiches (twice), and the dog is having a nibble at the Uncle's bandaged foot. So they all at last get to the car, injuring the Uncle's foot a couple of times, but after saying goodbye to everyone, a pin in the road flattens the tyre, and Ollie and Stan try to change it. After this pickle, and another goodbye to neighbours, the jack was left on, and Ollie chucks it away, crashing through the neighbour's window, and they have a little bit of a fight. So after this, getting their coats back on in a muddle, and yet another goodbye, the car needs the starting handle winded, and there is a quick blow, then overheating, which Stan sorts with a hose. So finally, the car is ready to go, and the film ends with the goodbyes to the neighbours, and ignoring the road, they drive into a closed part of the road, and as result end up sinking into the large puddle (possibly wet tarmac). Filled with wonderful slapstick and all classic comedy you could want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Very good!