Anonymous002 Don't try to do two things at same time and expect to do justice with both . This is the the message that appears at the start of the film . But the film is not much related with that. This message will confuse many people.Coming to the film , it is about a projectionist who wants to be a detective .He is thrown out of his girlfriend's home by her father because they think he has committed a theft . In next scene , in the theater he fall asleep and starts dreaming . This film all about that dream . The dream sequence in which Keaton uses some highly imaginative stunts bewildering through a lady and through wall and rushing into the film screen.The dream sequence covers most of film's running time . Whole film is just 44 minutes long . There are many stunts in the film which we guess were new to the the audience of that time. We can never enjoy this film as much as the audience did those days for obvious reasons but can guess what could be the impact of this film at the whole film industry at that time.

valadas Or smiled despite the most farcical and awkward situations in which he became envolved. Buster Keaton was like that but no less expressive. A great director and comic actor. Don't forget that on silent movies the words were replaced by physical gestures and attitudes in terms of expression. And then there were no special effects or computer work which means that all accrobatic and physical violent prowesses and deeds were done by the actors themselves or by double stunts. This movie tells the story of a poor film projectionist at a movie theater who dreams to become a private detective and studies lessons for that on a book. Meanwhile his rival to his girlfriend frames him into the theft of her father's watch which gets him into serious trouble. In the meantime he fells asleeep during a movie projection and dreams that he is Sherlock Jr, a famous detective, mixing up the story of the projected movie and its characters with the real story in which he and his rival are envolved. The story develops itself in a series of hilarious and exciting gags that make you laugh almost all the time.

kennykip Watching Sherlock Jr. brought me back to childhood days watching the three stooges on Saturday mornings. It is not hard to tell how much influence shows like this took from Buster Keaton. The style of humor is still relevant to todays films and the gags are truly entertaining. This movie although being filmed in 1924 is put together quite well using the fairly new technology of the era. Even with the lack of words, the jokes seem to hit their mark every time. the jokes are even more impressive knowing that the actors had to get the punchline across without using any words. Would definitely recommend.

hayleygorman-43033 "Sherlock Jr." by Buster Keaton was a film revolutionary for its time and still holds up well today in many aspects. The significance of this film very clearly lies in its use of special effects and stunts, many of which are still impressive in this day, and make you wonder aloud, "How did they do that?" Methods not yet seen before or had not truly come into their own yet, one that stands out to me is the effect of Buster's "dream self" rising out of his body once he is asleep. The emphasis of the film is clearly on the action and the physical components, which is a win-win, considering how wonderfully the special effects were pulled off. Things like splicing and film editing were still being toyed with, but with this bold new addition to film, it was made apparent that these things could be pulled off to make a spectacular film.