Sunday, August 24, 2003

Battling Butler (1926)

One of Buster Keaton's lesser-celebrated efforts, this one's about a spoiled rich kid who has to pose as a namesake boxer to win a girl's love. It's slow going at first, with a few modest laughs, but once the ruse gets underway it's pretty satisfying. The climactic plot twist is pretty clever, too. Not on the level of Seven Chances or Sherlock, Jr. but it is better than The Navigator.

Grade: B+