Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

cricket crockett First, to understand all that came after (CITIZEN KANE, ISHTAR, LEGO: THE MOVIE), you need to get a couple things straight. The sneezer pictured here is Fred Ott. The sneeze of this walrus-mustached germ spreader lasts 2.475 seconds. His boss, light bulb man Tom Edison, chose this film from the first week of January, 1894, as the flick best suited to illustrate the wonders of cinema to the media and general public (though about a dozen others are sometimes given this distinction by ill-informed writers). Think about the irony of THE SNEEZE. This is NOT intended as high-brow entertainment. Old Tom was too smart to give the credit for the invention of the movies to God, as his contemporary, Alexander Graham Bell, had done with the telephone. He knew that he was fooling with something more along the lines of the Devil's work, and he was making no bones about it. Further, the idea of a short film going viral beat You Tube and all the rest by more than a century: The very first film for public consumption it literally blowing the consumption virus into our very faces!

douhaveasista Dude! You've got to see this movie. It's funny when it needs to be, but serious. It's a gut-buster, yet a tear jerker. Best movie of the summer! The acting is fantastic, and the chemistry between the characters is mesmerizing. It was like I was in the movie. Intelligent script, great writing by the writers. This movie is a must-see!! I'm gonna get this on DVD as soon as it comes out. I am awestruck at the spectacle of this great future American classic. It's just fun. I'm glad I spent the money on this movie, heck I think I would've paid triple what I paid just to see this gem. A must-see in my book, so go see this if you want all the ingredients for a great drinking movie.

dutchqd All action, no plot. Still important in the terms of film history. It was the first film made by Thomas Edison on his motion picture camera. I can think of worse ways for kill 2 seconds.

stuff_1004 I have seen this film numerous times in documentaries about the history of the silent film. I have always loved the history of the silent film and this is undoubtedly the seed from which some of the great comedies of our time have been based. I feel sneezing (nowadays) has become an overdone gimmick in comedies and this film started it even though I laughed at it. My final word on this film is this, IT BLEW ME AWAY!!! (HA HA)