A Silent Era Buster Keaton comedy. A down-on-his-luck young man in Indiana sells all he owns and jumps the first freight train he can find. He ends up on a cattle ranch in the west. He's totally unsuited to be a ranch hand but he's so desperate he'll try anything.
An entertaining Buster Keaton comedy. Some great physical comedy moments, some of which are classics of the genre.
Keaton is almost upstaged by his co-star: Brown Eyes, a cow! The interactions between Keaton and the cow are quite funny and sweet and are the heart of the movie.
Not laugh-a-minute though and not exactly a classic. Some skits fall a bit flat or get drawn out to long. For example, the stampeding cows scene towards the end was funny to begin with and had some amusing detours but it just seemed to go on and on. Similarly other scenes lose their power as Keaton overplays them.
Still, a reasonably entertaining film from the Silent Era.
An entertaining Buster Keaton comedy. Some great physical comedy moments, some of which are classics of the genre.
Keaton is almost upstaged by his co-star: Brown Eyes, a cow! The interactions between Keaton and the cow are quite funny and sweet and are the heart of the movie.
Not laugh-a-minute though and not exactly a classic. Some skits fall a bit flat or get drawn out to long. For example, the stampeding cows scene towards the end was funny to begin with and had some amusing detours but it just seemed to go on and on. Similarly other scenes lose their power as Keaton overplays them.
Still, a reasonably entertaining film from the Silent Era.