Safety Last! So shouts was is ostensibly Harold Lloyd's best remembered film - that shot of him on the clock is an enduring image of silent cinema - though I perhaps lied The Freshman better. In this one, Lloyd leaves a fiance behind to strike it rich in the big city and lies to her about his success there. In reality, life is hard for a department store clerk who's blowing all his cash on fancy presents to keep up the lie. Well, of COURSE she's gonna show up out of the blue. She's my main problem with the film, which otherwise has some brief racist caricatures we have to deal with. It's clear that she can't respect him UNLESS he's well-to-do, and his well-to-do persona is a jerk on par with the managerial jerks he works for. That makes me dislike her - I audibly groaned - undermining my investment in the story. But then there's that final wall-climbing sequence and everything is forgiven. It was so well-made it gave me vertigo. So while it was full of all the sorts of gags the rest of the movie prepared us for, it also kept me on the edge of my seat. Safety Last goes from amusing to delirious in that last reel.
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Safety Last! So shouts was is ostensibly Harold Lloyd's best remembered film - that shot of him on the clock is an enduring image of silent cinema - though I perhaps lied The Freshman better. In this one, Lloyd leaves a fiance behind to strike it rich in the big city and lies to her about his success there. In reality, life is hard for a department store clerk who's blowing all his cash on fancy presents to keep up the lie. Well, of COURSE she's gonna show up out of the blue. She's my main problem with the film, which otherwise has some brief racist caricatures we have to deal with. It's clear that she can't respect him UNLESS he's well-to-do, and his well-to-do persona is a jerk on par with the managerial jerks he works for. That makes me dislike her - I audibly groaned - undermining my investment in the story. But then there's that final wall-climbing sequence and everything is forgiven. It was so well-made it gave me vertigo. So while it was full of all the sorts of gags the rest of the movie prepared us for, it also kept me on the edge of my seat. Safety Last goes from amusing to delirious in that last reel.badblokebob
The first 50-or-so minutes are very good, but the last act is absolutely phenomenal -- both funny and tense. A "thrill picture" indeed.qoouep
I really enjoyed it, but the third act drug on a little bit.marypickfords
I saw it with my little sisters and we laughed from begining to end. One of my favorite silents!Camille Deadpan
I found it boring.dr love
epic!!!sammysin
This is piss your pants funny stuff. I must have laughed for 70 minutes straight, then some more after it finished.Right up there with Modern Times as one of my favourite hilarious films of all time.
Dieguito
Good silent comedy!Alias
What a sweet and thrilling film! Didn't expect it to be this goodbaraka92
In the TSPDT list at last!George Bailey
Amazing movie, but it takes hours to stream this movie!TheLazy1
Couldn't really enjoy the film because I was greatly annoyed by the protagonist's spoiled brat of a girlfriend. Otherwise a great filmjrod944
thanks!rivals the General as the best silent comedy as far as Im concerned. Flat out terrific
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@jrod944, or you can see it here: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/HvgEvlbgTbg/dif777
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