Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

preppy-3 This silent takes place in Holland (for some reason). Tina (Marion Davies) is a maid at the Red Mill. Her boss treats her like dirt, she's lonely and has no friends. One day she meets hunky Dennis Wheat (Owen Moore) and falls in love. Naturally he barely knows she exists. It all comes to a head a few months later.This movie is, to put it mildly, way too plot heavy. The main plot goes all over the place and brings in some wildly improbable turns. There's tons of unfunny slapstick (the part where Davies struggles to put up an ironing board was especially painful to watch) and the movie wavers uncomfortably between romance, comedy and drama. It's well-done and well-directed and the acting helps--Davies is beautiful and full of life and Moore is unbelievably handsome and hunky. But, all in all, I was bored and couldn't wait for it to end. I give this a 4.

Benoît A. Racine (benoit-3) Great film. Great direction. Great writing. Great acting. Awesome production values. Great Davies. Great Arbuckle. Great sets. Great restoration. By why did the reissue choose to almost ignore the fact that this film is basically the screen adaptation of a Victor Herbert stage operetta and not pay homage to the composer in its score? Michael Picton's vaguely impressionistic score is admirable in itself. But in all this running time, I only detected three recognizable bars from one of the original songs (in the Irish Princess dream finale). Maybe there are more but they totally escaped me and were buried under too much generic scoring. I think it's definitely a sin against American music history, a great composer and a timeless piece of music. The Herbert songs are so good they can bring joy to any audience on their own.

Michael_Elliott Red Mill, The (1927) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst produced this MGM film, which was directed by Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, which is news itself but more on that later. In the film Marion Davies plays a poor bar cleaner who falls head over hills with a rich man (Owen Moore) but she fears he won't have her. Then she swaps identities with a rich princess and goes after the man, which leads to all sorts of trouble. I was surprised to see how much I enjoyed most of this film but it does fall apart in the final act with some over the top situations, which aren't that funny. Arbuckle does a pretty good job directing the early part of the film and he does very well with the romantic flirting between the two people. There's a scene where she gets her first kiss where Arbuckle just shows her body motions and not the actual kiss, which is an incredibly beautiful shot. This is the first film I've seen with Davies and I was very impressed with what I saw. She's got a natural charm and beauty, which just leaps off the screen and she's also very funny. Moore is also good in his role and Snitz Edwards adds plenty of laughs as well. The interesting thing about the production is that Arbuckle was forced to use his made up name William Goodrich due to his rape/murder trial, which was just a handful years earlier. The rather strange thing is that his career was really ruined by the newspapers owned by Hearst because Hearst saw money to be made by turning the Arbuckle story into tabloid material. It's said that Hearst felt so guilty about it that he hired Arbuckle to direct this film but half way through production the tycoon got nervous and had King Vidor come on set to supervise but Arbuckle made it through the shoot.

nowlang I agree with my predecessor on the beauty and artistry of this masterpiece of the Seventh Art. I offer my hat to TCM for completing an outstanding restoration of a masterpiece of Americana. The musical score that was added this silent film was well chosen and replaces very well the missing dialog. I would like to bring the attention of the reader on the props and decor used in the movie. The details of the set mimicking the Holland country side complete with its channels, windmills, iced ponds, and buildings are so well detailed with the means of the day. For example, look at at the decoration the bedrooms, the kitchen where Ms. Davis strenuously works, and notice the matching outdoor scenery showing through the kitchen windows. The haunted red mill with it's intricate detail appears right out of a Currier and Yves lithograph. It is fascinating that the director give us such a realistic vision of the set. For example, pay attention to the intricacies of the mechanism powered by the sails (arms) of the windmill as the raging storm shakes the old structure. The entire set is a work of art to preserve as a fine example of the quality and wholesomeness that made Hollywood, the "dream factory", world famous. I offer my thanks to TCM for preserving such masterpiece and to Michael Picton for such a delightful musical score for generations to enjoy.PS: The "Burgomaster" or Burgomeester was the town mayor in Holland and a person of considerable power in these small communities.