Our Hospitality (1923)

Slow to start, but eventually cuts loose in grand fashion and joins the upper tier of Buster Keaton's work in the process. One of the things I love about Keaton's films is that there is always a logical purity in the way his gags and setpieces proceed. He starts in one place and builds and builds until the hair-raising climax, which at that point feels not only credible but inescapable. You can follow the line of logic, or you can simply sit back and laugh your fool head off.

Grade: A-