Better than politically incorrect, The Fatal Glass of Beer is an antisentimental masterpiece.

A decently entertaining parody of the popular melodramatic, redemptive films of that time period. WC Fields is a fine comic actor and helps to carry some of the weaker material. Nowadays, the pacing is too slow; there aren't enough jokes per minute to satisfy a modern viewer, nor are there any truly hysterical moments, either. Still, it's entertaining enough, with a satisfying conclusion.

Everything WC Fields does (casually dunking a large baguette into a small bowl of soup; interacting with stock footage of an elk herd) and says ("you have to excuse me, though, my voice isn't just right. You know we can't get any ipecac up in this part of the country") is brilliant , and the intentionally bad special effects really push it over the edge. Definitely worth it, if you can find the time to get used to the sluggish pace of 30's cinema.

Ok, I'll admit that ending was pretty good, possibly the best thing Fields has done. That's not saying much though, and the rest of the film is a tiresome bore with 'jokes' that never end.

Badly dated, and seriously not funny

A funny parody on 30's special effects with an amusing end.

Ain't a fit night out for man or beast... (snow in face) lmao.