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Haunted by H @RT66736554 07/11/2024 WHY WORRY? (1923) is one of Harold Lloyd's wackiest silent comedies and one of his best. While it doesn't have much of an emotional narrative hook, the pacing and well-executed sight gags keep it moving forward at classic slapstick silent comedy speed. Interestingly enough, Lloyd allows John Assen to steal the movie as a giant named "Colosso." The movie's success and likability largely hinges on their relationship. In this film, Harold Lloyd plays a hypochondriac playboy who arrives in a South American Utopian paradise named Paradisio for health reasons. Little does he know that an American mercenary (sort of a silent clown version of Lee Van Cleef) is stirring up a revolution in the relaxed, easygoing village. While searching for his hotel, Lloyd arrogantly bumbles his way through the attempted military coup along with his faithful nurse played by Jobyna Ralston. Most of the broad humor and social satire undertones can be attributed to the American disconnection and self-centeredness of Lloyd's character. Bizarre? Yes. Creative storytelling? Yes. Classic silent comedy? Definitely! This is how comedy was made. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 05/05/2019 The best comedy movie ever made! See more 05/01/2017 One of my favourite Harold Lloyd's. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME I LOVE YOU!!??" His usual gag-a-minute plus plus, as you'd expect from any of the true cinema comedian actors. Easily puts to shame the modern 'greats' like Ferrell, Stiller, Murray, Carrey and so on. Today's audiences don't know what they're missing with hard-to-come-by gags for exorbitant ticket prices. Sad times. Go back to the Silent Greats and you'll see how shortchanged you are today. See more 06/19/2016 Lloyd's naive, optimistic, can-do character blended with that of a chronic hypochondriac shouldn't work on paper and - yet it does. The fun and laughs never stop. One of Harold Lloyd's s more "cartoonish" movies it is nonetheless a very entertaining, inventive, madcap ride. See more 01/19/2016 No laugh could come out of this outdated comedy (?) about an American hypochondriac richman that travels to a Latin American island to get some rest. His peace is disturbed by a military coup that would change him as a man. I don't know if this was funny back in 1923 when discourses on post-colonialism and race weren't really developed, but it just looks offensively stereotypical (all latin Americans just look like lazy-ass Mexican savages), insensitive (how could anyone laugh with men sexually attacking women or padroni whiping old people who are shaking from terror), or just plain silly (the deeply good-hearted chic American that without knowing saves the day and the country along with the good-natured native guerilla (or gorilla) ). Interesting as a piece of cinematic history but nonetheless a waste of time. See more 01/28/2014 another winning comedy from lloyd See more Read all reviews

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