1928 · comedy · silent
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Directed by Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton1h 10m1928
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
Our read: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · silent entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / silent, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- redemptive
- funny
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