The Circus (1928)

I’m not generally a Chaplin fan, but this really worked for me -- probably because the silliness that’s in Charlie Chaplin’s DNA fits perfectly into a circus atmosphere.

Some of the sight gags are iconic and hilarious and the story itself is solid. The only thing that didn’t work for me was the ridiculously high villainy level of the man in charge. But at a brisk 75 minutes or so, it didn’t have much time to ever grate.

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