Buster Keaton,
Tom McGuire,
Ernest Torrence,
Marion Byron,
Tom Lewis
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Not the best of Buster Keaton's silents, Steamboat Bill, Jr. nonetheless contains some of Keaton's best and most spectacular sight gags. Keaton plays Willie Canfield, the namby-pamby son of rough-and-... read more
DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001
Stats: 246 reviews
Another great movie from Keaton. This one has some really exciting and funny sight gags. Keaton fans can't miss out on this movie.
This film is all about the set pieces, stunt work, and camera magic that pull off the special effects, the storm scene in particular. The story is rather weak and the characters uncompelling. Keaton's performance and top notch sight gags raise the film above it's shortcomings. ... read more
Another amazing Buster Keaton film and filled with some of the most ornate and dangerous site gags ever captured on film. The film is only 70 minutes long but makes a ton of hilarious set pieces and stunts within the aforementioned runtime. While it isn't my favorites Keaton film... read more
Although the overall concept, from beginning to end, wasn't nearly as ingenious as that of "The General," it's just impossible not to have a good time while watching Buster Keaton do what he does. The storm sequence in the last act of the movie was really amazing. To think that t... read more
There are few who will dispute that Buster Keaton is a master stuntman, and this movie displays that as well as anything. The extreme physical comedy that Keaton puts himself through is really breathtaking in many ways, particularly during the iconic cyclone scene. There?s also... read more
Although it does have a few entertaining moments ("The dough must have fallen in the tool chest"), overall this is not Keaton's best film. It drags and waits far too long between jokes. Buster Keaton's mostly-plotless shorts are usually a more entertaining watch than his longer f... read more
Once again, you're basically watching to see how Buster Keaton will attempt to commit suicide on film this time around. This time it's a storm on a boat.
Ah, man. This movie had one scene where a tornado hits the town and Buster is being whipped around everywhere. Amazing. Good laughs.
Buster is the best screen comeiean I have ever seen. Sherlock Jr. is perhaps funnier but is a short rather than a six reeler.
Worth it for the storm sequence alone, which is staggering in its audacity, and Shakespearean in its execution. Full Review
Quase oitenta anos já se passaram, mas a agilidade e a coragem de Keaton continuam a impressionar neste filme que ainda surpreende, encanta e diverte.
One of the greatest of the silent comedies about the effects of parental rejection. Full Review
Boasts the most astonishing and indelible images in Keaton's body of work, and some of the best moments in movie history… wildly inventive, increasingly audacious stunts. Full Review
A wildly creative comedy that has as much power to impress and amuse an audience today as it did in '28. Full Review
Contains what is perhaps Buster Keaton's most fully realized act of comedic anarchy. Full Review
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) is the last of physical comedian Buster Keaton's (the Great Stone Face) nine independent feature films and one Full Review
Though The General (1927) is still considered Keaton's masterpiece, Steamboat Bill Jr. is gaining considerable momentum. Full Review
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