Mjeteconer Just perfect...

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

SnoopyStyle Charlie Chaplin escapes from prison as he steals a preacher's clothes. There is a $1000 reward for him. A couple of elopers mistake him for the real thing and try to get him to marry them before the arrival of the father. He gets on the train. When it arrives at the Texas town of Devil's Gulch, he tries to surrender to Sheriff Bryan. Only the town was expecting the arrival of reverend Pim and the sheriff assumes that Charlie was their reverend. It turns out that the real Pim is delayed a week. He fakes a sermon and then he is recognized by an old cell mate.I didn't love the fake sermon or David and Goliath. Playing with the kid is loads of fun. That part is so reminiscent of 'The Kid' including having Edna Purviance around. The kid eating the frosting off the hat hit me hard on the funny bone. That's the part I love the best.

Ramcsy Ajwiyns Well the plot is very simple, an escaped convict is set free by the policeman himself. But, that's not important. It's the techniques the genius master storyteller employs.There is only three shots in the opening to show us that a prisoner has escaped and roaming around as a different person. We see the reward poster of chaplin's picture and someone after taking bath in the river, comes out to change clothes and he is petrified by seeing a prisoner's costumes instead.Then he goes as a pastor and so on but the thing with chaplin is the little nuances and he is such a detailer and knows people behavior very well. You could see many different characters like kids, adults of all shapes etc.., What i meant to say is that he is so good with the craft, writing and also knows human behavior and values so much that you cant resist praising.A gifted filmmaker and the cinema is so privileged.Enjoyable overall, those little smiles and excitement is all over the movie.

Neil Doyle CHARLIE CHAPLIN is an escaped convict mistaken for the new pastor upon arriving in a small Mexican town and greeted by Deacon MATT SWAIN and a few members of his congregation.Although there are pratfalls for the comedian right from the start, this is a mistaken identity comedy that depends more on sight gags than frantic slapstick and has some charming moments.One of the funniest sequences has him delivering his first sermon at the church, based on the tale of David and Goliath, amusing mainly for the young boy who doesn't find the sermon boring. Some funny business with baking a cake while distracted and pouring the dough over someone's bowler hat stands out, as does the business with his former jailmate who wants to steal money from the Deacon but meets with resistance from Charlie who has fallen in love with an innocent girl (EDNA PURVIANCE) and wants to go straight. There's also the scene with the hyperactive little brat, a boy who drives Chaplin and brother SYD CHAPLIN insane with his unrelenting pranks.Chaplin was still polishing his craft at this time, but it's not one of his best comedies. Needless to say, even lesser Chaplin is worth watching and so is this one, given a brisk background score including a ballad written by Chaplin.

caspian1978 Having escaped from prison for a crime that is never mentioned, The Tramp disguises himself as a pastor as he heads for Texas. Arriving from train, he is quickly mistaken as the new curator / priest that the small town is expecting. The Tramp is once again placed into a situation that he was act his way out of. Finding himself in the middle of a sermon, The Tramp must perform is way off stage to convince the town that he a priest. The ending, although meant to be funny, is more political that humor. The 1920's outlook on Mexico was the same as it was since the end of the Mexican American War in the 1840's. The audience laughs as we see Mexico and its people as savage and unpredictable as ever. Although the Tramp survives to fight another day, he manages to throw a political message out to the audience before the end of the movie.