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The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

During his year at Keystone, when he rose from "anonymous vaudevillian" to "America's most beloved movie star" ("world's most beloved movie star" would take another year), Chaplin bridled against the improvised-boxing-and-frantic-running style of comedy that Mack Sennett pioneered.When it worked, this improvisational style could be joyful and amusing. When it didn't, the movies seemed lazily constructed, empty and chaotic. Tango Tangles, despite its historical interest (one of few shorts showing a young and very handsome Chaplin out of his Tramp getup), and despite the always-welcome presence of Fatty Arbuckle, is one of the shapeless failures.There's no movie here: just a bunch of great silent comedy stars goofing around, and not in an inspired way.

Am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin, have been for over a decade now. Many films and shorts of his are very good to masterpiece, and like many others consider him a comedy genius and one of film's most important and influential directors. He did do better than 'Tango Tangle'. Can understand why the Keystone period suffered from not being as best remembered or highly remembered than his later efforts, but they are mainly decent and important in their own right. 'Tango Tangle' is a long way from a career high, but does have historical significance for obvious reasons. 'Tango Tangle' is not as hilarious, charming or touching as his later work and a good deal of other shorts in the same period. The story is flimsy and the production values not as audacious, the humour only amusing and lacking freshness at times and parts a touch scrappy. For someone who was relatively new to the film industry and had literally just moved on from their stage background, 'Tango Tangle' is not bad at all. While not audacious, the film hardly looks ugly, is more than competently directed and is appealingly played. Chaplin looks comfortable for so early on and shows his stage expertise while opening it up that it doesn't become stagy or repetitive shtick. Ford Sterling steals the show. Although the humour, charm and emotion was done even better and became more refined later, 'Tango Tangle' is mildly humorous, sweet and easy to like, though the emotion is not quite there. It moves quickly and doesn't feel too long or short. Overall, far from one of Chaplin's best but not bad at all. 6/10 Bethany Cox

"Tango Tangle" is a 12-minute short film from the year 1914, the year when World War I began. So if you put this into perspective, you will not be surprised that this is a black-and-white silent film. It is over 100 years old and stars Charlie Chaplin, which means it is almost exclusively comedy. Some drama occasionally, some fight sequences and also some romance of course. But all this really only serves the purpose of getting even more comedy in here. There are more stars working on this one other than Chaplin. The director and writer is Mack Sennett, very successful back in the day and co-starring in here is Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, one of the biggest silent film stars and filmmakers in his own right. Sterling and Conklin are also somewhat famous to people with huge interest in silent films. Charlie here arrives at a dance and mayhem quickly ensues as he keeps fighting the musicians over the love of a young woman that everybody seems to have an interest in. Despite the strong cast and crew, this was only a mediocre movie, nowhere near Chaplin's best. I do not recommend the watch.

The main surprise in this film is seeing Chaplin 'out of costume' -- without comedy makeup and without moustache, he appears here as a handsome young wavy-haired man-about-town. (It's always disorienting how good-looking Charles Chaplin was compared to the Tramp!) Keystone comedies aren't my style, but this one's innocuous enough, with entertaining elements in amongst the standard punch-up scenes; and to be fair, the fights here do have some memorable moments, courtesy of Charlie. Watch him roll up his sleeves and admire his own prowess after delivering a successful opening blow, or waggle his buttocks in tango time as the combatants circle... His introductory scene as a tipsy guest confused at the hat-check counter stands out as elegant comedy amongst the frenzy, as does a later moment when he attempts to lean back against the counter, discovers he has misjudged the distance, recovers, and moves the table forward a pace for his convenience rather than stepping back a pace: just an improvisational moment, but one that points to a different style of film.Ford Sterling and Fatty Arbuckle have some good musical 'business' together towards the start of the film, although this degenerates rather in later scenes; I wasn't as impressed by Sterling's over-the-top performance here as other reviewers have been. Amused to note the angular Al St. John in a stripy costume at the back in several scenes...So far as both Keystone and Chaplin are concerned, this film is something a little different. Worth seeing as mild entertainment, even for those who don't normally much like that sort of thing.