One Exciting Night (1912) User Reviews

I hate to say it, but this one is kind of stupid.

[planktonrules · 4/10 · 12 January 2012]

I am a Max Linder fan--and you won't find many of them any more--mostly because few today even know who he was. Linder was one of the earliest film comedy stars and he inspired the likes of Chaplin with his usually subtle comedy. That's because aside from Linder, most comedies of the day were pure slapstick--violent and full of pratfalls and punching and kicking and the like--and Linder's subtle films were a nice contrast. However, with "Une Nuit Agitée", Linder does something very uncharacteristic--he goes for the cheap laughs of a slapstick film. And, as a result, it's not especially watchable today.

Max gets married. The opening scene is quite cute but soon the scene switches and you see Max and his bride sleeping. However, Max is awakened by bedbugs (or perhaps lice) and he begins doing VERY stupid and over the top things to rid himself of the menace. The finale is rather dumb--ending with a totally insane reaction to the offending bug. Worth seeing only is you are a crazed Linder fan like myself--otherwise, try one of his other films first.

Une nuit agitee review

[JoeytheBrit · 4/10 · 19 May 2020]

A weak entry from Max Linder, who takes a sledgehammer to crack a nut as a newlywed who spends his wedding night in a bed full of fleas. As an incidental moment in a longer film it might have passed muster, but as virtually the entire storyline it simply doesn't work.

A Flea in Her Bridal Bed

[boblipton · 8/10 · 3 September 2008]

If you are unfamiliar with Max Linder's films, it might be worthwhile to tell you that he was the first international comedy star and that Charlie Chaplin said he learned a great deal from watching his films. In his film career, which extended from 1905 through the mid-1920s, he typically played variations on the young boulevardier.

In this one, it is his wedding night, married to the beautiful Stacia Napierkowska. He and his bride are sleeping..... and a flea keeps disturbing him. The variety of his reactions and his increasingly agitated efforts to get rid of the pest are the whole of this excellent movie. A fine introduction to this comedian.