Average Rating: 7.2/10
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Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1923 Wide
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Thirty years after its release, Buster Keaton admitted that his first feature film was essentially three two-reel comedies strung together. Perhaps this was a way for the comic filmmaker to play it safe; he had achieved success for his short films and if Three Ages wasn't going very well, its trio of storylines could have been chopped up into separate films. The picture was a send-up of D.W. Griffith's 1916 masterpiece Intolerance. But instead of following greed and hatred through the ages,
Jan 1, 1923 Wide
Nov 23, 1999
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Buster Keaton's first feature film was a spoof on D.W. Griffith's 1916 masterpiece Intolerance.
The intertwined chases in all three settings already point to Keaton's knack for comic architecture
Superb three-part silent comedy
Sometimes it's enough to just have a good laugh fest!
This movie is slow for the most part, and it's not as funny as Keaton's other movies.
September 3, 2010Super Reviewer
Even though this was Buster Keaton's first feature film, it was later revealed to be three two-reel shorts put together in order to create a feature length film. While the pieces all work separately, seeing them together and intertwined within the confines of The Three Ages makes the experience and film richer as a
August 20, 2011Super Reviewer
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