While the idea of this film isn't bad, the execution is rather poor--even for 1902. The character "Uncle Josh" (who appeared in at least one other Edison film) goes to the theater and sees some short films (the same type usually shown at the time). He is supposedly such a rube that he can't tell it isn't real and spends most of the time mugging for the camera and wildly overacting next to the screen. However, later the stupid guy sees a lady on screen with another man and plans on making sweet love to the lady. When he jumps at her, he rips down the curtain and reveals the rear-projected projector--at which point the guy running the show starts hitting stupid old Uncle Josh. While I do like many of the early films and have a VERY HIGH TOLERANCE for them (even though many are very rough and not all that good), this one stands out for terrible acting and overall cheesiness. Try to find another early Edison film--ANY of them would possibly be preferable!
