Seven Chances

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Original title: Seven Chances
Year: 1925
Running time: 56 min.
Country: United States
Director: Buster Keaton
Screenwriter: Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph Mitchell
Music: Silent Movie
Cinematography: Elgin Lessley, Byron Houck (B&W)
Cast: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Frances Raymond, Erwin Connelly, Jules Cowles
Producer: Buster Keaton Productions / Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Genre: Comedy | Silent Film. Half-length Film. Weddings
Synopsis / Plot: When Jimmie Shannon's uncle leaves him seven million dollars in his will, it seems as though his fortune is well and truly made... until he reads the small print: in order to quality, he has to be married by 7pm on his 27th birthday, which just happens to be that very day.

Critics' reviews

"Although there are quite a number of good twists some of them have been produced in haste (...) It would have been a stronger comedy were it only half its length"

Mordaunt Hall: The New York Times
"Keaton was the best in balancing the big stuff with gestures so small they bordered on the microscopic, and it’s here that 'Seven Chances' excels, especially in establishing character (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

Jaime N. Christley: Slant
"[It] culminates in one of the most gloriously silly chase sequences ever filmed (...) What most amazes me is the degree to which Keaton’s movements seem 'choreographed'."

Mike D'Angelo: AV Club
"That outlandish chase sequence alone is well worth the price of admission"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"A dazzlingly balletic comedy (...) The rocks make for one of the great Keaton action gags"

Tom Milne: Time Out
"'Seven Chances' is not quite top-drawer Keaton, but extended sequences in it are wonderful"

Telegraph

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