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The Kid (1921)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 11/07

11/07: After enduring fifty-six mindless Chaplin shorts, I feel there's a huge improvement in The Kid.

Compared to the churned-out garbage by Charlie Chaplin, the quality is now high with a modicum of creativity. Yet there's nothing to be gaga about.

Quite frankly, I don't see how the dream sequence, near the end, has anything to do with the story. Also, the middle part drags a lot. In an attempt to win me over in the long run, Chaplin is manipulative by using Jackie Coogan to draw sympathy, so his film can finally be likeable.

All in all, The Kid isn't six reels of joy but anguish of suffering through Charlie Chaplin's sheer idiocy.

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