I watched this at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2016 and really enjoyed it. Mack Sennett sounds like a fascinating person and I didn't know the first thing about him before watching the film. At 50 minutes it is a great length, as there is a lot of information packed into those 50 minutes. It's full of clips, in-depth interviews with several experts, and all sorts of archival footage including some amazing looks at Los Angeles in the 1910s. I personally don't like it when documentaries focus too much on style rather than substance, and while the film is certainly presented nicely I appreciated how much detail and information was included in under an hour. Highly recommended for anyone interested in film, comedy, and the history of Hollywood, and if you're familiar with Sennett there's going to be plenty in here to sink your teeth into.
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