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Seven Chances

1925

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards ...

8.0

4,266

Comedy 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"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"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"A dazzlingly balletic comedy (...) The rocks make for one of the great Keaton action gags"	POS
United States	Jaime N. Christley Slant	"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)"	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"[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'."	POS
United Kingdom	Telegraph	"'Seven Chances' is not quite top-drawer Keaton, but extended sequences in it are wonderful"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"That outlandish chase sequence alone is well worth the price of admission"	POS

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