Help! Help!

Help! Help! Has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. With 18 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Fred Mace leads a cast with real comic timing. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Help! Help! Keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in Help! Help! Land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. A send-up of Griffith's THE LONELY VILLA and other movies of that sort, such as THE GIRLS AND DADDY, THE LONEDALE OPERATOR and many others, as the heroine, thinking that burglars are trying to break into her home phones her husband at the office, who rushes home.... Well, who tries to rush home in his chauffeur-driven automobile. Fred Mace and Mabel Normand lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1912. What keeps Help! Help! From feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Help! Help! Is a strong candidate. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in one sitting, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Fred Mace's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.