lol Wallace Beery

It's the same story told three times, but switching between time periods keeps things from becoming stale. Some cute (and corny) effects and a few cool stunts.

Buster's car falling apart is probably one of his best gags. A solid short.

Buster's somewhat cautious venture into features is actually three short subjects joined by a common theme: LUHVE. The results are uneven, with some wonderfully funny material undercut by the narrative device, which does effectively parody D.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE. His comic mind is hard at work, but the momentum isn't there. Still a pleasure if you catch it in the right mood. Nifty stop-motion dinosaur and pantomime lion for those of us who delight in such things.

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Quite an entertaining Keaton film. The way the three stories are weaved together is effective and even though the plotting is predictable it doesn't fail to be amusing and reasonably engaging.

The star's first feature film, not his strongest, is saved by the final chases.

Some nice ideas and some really stupid ones.

Buster Keaton's first feature-length directorial effort is one of the most influential comedies of all time, paving the way for trend-spoofs like Mel Brooks and the recent "____ Movie" craze. My first impression was that the periods shouldn't be presented in an intertwined fashion, but this lends the movie a swift pace that constantly refreshes itself. The gags don't rely on the large-scale choreography Keaton is known for, but it's still very funny, with frequent use of hilarious anachronisms.

this movie quite possibly created the stereotype that cavemen drug women around by their hair--and on top of that it has the earliest claymation i've ever seen. aside from those two things this movie really doesnt have enough keaton-esque antics to make the first half engaging at all, now the second half...that is much better.