Review of Spite Marriage

6/10
Weak Keaton flick
2 June 2002
Easily the least good Buster Keaton film I've ever seen, made after he gave up his status as an independent. It is his last sound film and he is working with director Edward Sedgwick, who directed several of his sound films. I've seen three of those, Sidewalks of New York (1931), The Passionate Plumber (1932), and What? No Beer! (1933), which were all huge box office duds, but they're very good and underrated films. I don't know what exactly went wrong with Spite Marriage. It's just very weak. There are a few good moments, but none of them great. The best scene involves Buster trying to get his wife, passed out from too much wine, into bed. The final sequence has a lot of good stunts, but it isn't especially funny. It's only 80 minutes long, so it's worth a watch if you're a Keaton fan. If you aren't, definitely skip it. 6/10.
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