Reviews on movie Twenty Minutes of Love (2)

"Twenty" Minutes of Love" is one of my favorite short films featuring Charlie Chaplin, the period of his collaboration with the film studio "Keystone".

After working for several months at Keystone, Charlie could not accept the role of an actor who plays what they give. Gradually, he expanded his powers, helping writers and directors. In the end, the tricks in such buffoonery Chaplin developed personally.
The plot of the comedy “Twenty Minutes of Love”, as in many films “Keystone”, as such, is absent. This is a typical sitcom, where a huge place is given to various gags, tricks and jokes, rather than a script. But even among such films, Chaplin managed to create an excellent comedy, which can be called a masterpiece.
A kissing couple on a bench, a sleeping gentleman, a policeman walking, another beloved couple (where the girl intends to see evidence of love from her boyfriend) - all these different, at first glance, people are united not only by the location - the park, but also the main character - Tramp (Charles Chaplin), who, molesting the girls, will get into trouble. In addition, the story of the clock, which is constantly walking from owner to owner, added even more funny moments and space for improvisation.

Chaplin once said that in order to make a good comedy, he needed only a park, a policeman and a beautiful girl. In fact, "Twenty Minutes of Love" just clearly demonstrate the validity of this simple theory.
“Twenty Minutes of Love” is a short film that cannot be ignored if the viewer wants to get acquainted with the works of Chaplin’s early period. Although, by the way, shot a year later, remake "In the Park", was also a very good comedy (with the only difference that "In the Park" Chaplin shot already independently).
8 out of 10

Rarely is a good debut. Even Arnold Schwarzeneger did not enter the cinema with success. When a person begins to do something, he does not know how to do it and therefore makes many mistakes. However, he then realizes the essence of the matter and begins to do it well. This is how a good career is born.

But there are a few exceptions to this rule. One of them is Charlie Chaplin. He began his career at the age of 25. Very little. Just left school or institute, but has already started a film career, and at the same time successfully! Maybe it has to do with the short footage, but this short film was so good that you will watch it and remember it for life.
The plot of the film is that the hero Charlie Chaplin goes through the park and sees a couple kissing. The main character became jealous, so he decided to find a girlfriend. But every time something comic happens. What was at the end, you can learn by watching the film to the end.
Since this is a comedy, there must be comic scenes. They're here. There are many. And they are funny (at least for those who lived in those years). There are no funny dialogues here, but there are scenes of fights that end, for example, with the epic fall of one of the fights or left-wing people getting into a fight by chance. This was the humor of Chaplin, and indeed in those years.
The role of actors in a silent film is not the same as in modern ones. They did not speak words, but they could play with facial expressions, gestures and actions. The scenes of fights and chase in this film look realistic, which means that the acting of a silent film is on top aerobatics.
This film is excellent in all respects. And if you consider that he is a debut and good, then this is a masterpiece! Well done, Charlie! In ten years you will delight us with full-length comedies!
10 out of 10