Generally, I liked this short by Harold Lloyd, though I have to admit that part of the final minutes of the film looked like a re-hash of HAUNTED SPOOKS (also by Lloyd--a year earlier).
Harold is newly married and the first portion of the film concerns he and his wife's attempts to sneak wine into their home during Prohibition. For the most part, this is just an okay portion of the film.
Later, Harold's brother-in-law drops off his two kids for the Lloyd's to watch. The baby seems like a pretty typical child, but the 4 year-old is the spawn of Satan! He is just 100% awful--which is a strength and weakness of the film. It's a strength because some of the horrible things the kid does are pretty funny--such as sawing off the legs of furniture (it's funny to see such a cute little kid do this so easily) and nailing Harold's slippers to the floor! The problem is, after a while some of the evil things the kid does are just ridiculous (such as leaving the house and coming back with an armload of fireworks--this is just too contrived). Plus, there gets a point when it's no longer funny--you just are rooting to see Harold belt the kid! All-in-all, not a great film but full of funny moments--enough to please all but the worst curmudgeons out there.
Harold is newly married and the first portion of the film concerns he and his wife's attempts to sneak wine into their home during Prohibition. For the most part, this is just an okay portion of the film.
Later, Harold's brother-in-law drops off his two kids for the Lloyd's to watch. The baby seems like a pretty typical child, but the 4 year-old is the spawn of Satan! He is just 100% awful--which is a strength and weakness of the film. It's a strength because some of the horrible things the kid does are pretty funny--such as sawing off the legs of furniture (it's funny to see such a cute little kid do this so easily) and nailing Harold's slippers to the floor! The problem is, after a while some of the evil things the kid does are just ridiculous (such as leaving the house and coming back with an armload of fireworks--this is just too contrived). Plus, there gets a point when it's no longer funny--you just are rooting to see Harold belt the kid! All-in-all, not a great film but full of funny moments--enough to please all but the worst curmudgeons out there.