The 19-minute "Perfect Day" is a live action short film from 1929, so this one is already almost 90 years old. Wow! If you read the names of the people who made this, you will maybe realize already that it is a Stan&Laurel short film from their sound days already as they were among hose not too many who managed a successful transition from silent to sound film. But of course given the year when this was made, it is still a b&w film. Story-wise, I personally felt it just wasn't enough, not even for such a brief work. The 2 protagonists' wives added almost nothing except random waving at the camera that got repetitive at some point and Edgar Kennedy had no material either after the 10-minute mark. You could of course say this is realistic that he hasn't suffer even more from the lead duo's shenanigans, but well.. I don't know. To me he felt a bit wasted. I mentioned the repetitive waving already and in general they tried to stretch some joke here for too long, also everything involving the tire. Anyway, on a final note the right path for Laurel to shine is in my opinion the clumsy clown like Lloyd, maybe Keaton, but scenes like the brick window smashing scene should certainly be written for Hardy. Overall, this sadly is not the duo at their very best and it's really only worth seeing for the very biggest fans of the two. I give it a thumbs down.
Review of Perfect Day
