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Nice and Friendly (1922)
Hilarious but not brilliant
I don't usually write comments on IMDb but I think I'm going to start. I needed to say something for this one because the comments were so negative and I don't know why. I laughed and laughed at this little short. It isn't logical and it doesn't have a straightforward storyline; it's just more of a series of funny images and situations. It's just Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan fooling around one day with some friends. To be completely honest, that sounds very entertaining to me. And it was. Charlie as the tramp is hilarious (as always); he does some funny stuff with a cane, a hammer and his hat. The tramp's entrance into this film made me laugh my butt off, and so did the ending. The only bad thing is that the beginning is a bit slow but as soon as the Tramp makes his entrance the film really picks up.
Growing Op (2008)
Original and good
I had the good fortune to see this film at the opening night ceremony for the Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton. It is, quite simply, the best independent feature film I have ever seen come out of New Brunswick. This feel-good movie about a teenager who has trouble fitting in, because of his radically anti-establishment marijuana-growing parents is funny and original. There is plenty in it to make you laugh and the female lead (Rachel Blanchard) is extremely attractive in a "girl-next-door" kind of way. When I first heard that the movie was about drugs, I was worried that it would be narrow, unimaginative and predictable; however this movie is anything but predictable. Thankfully, the acceptable acting quality and originality makes this movie much more than merely a film about drugs. It is about first-love, freedom, growing up, the nature of betrayal and high school politics. I recommend this film to independent film lovers all around the world and all Canadians.