

Is this worth your time? If you have twenty minutes and like watching a man slowly lose his mind over a squeaky bed, then yes. Watch it. People who hate silent slapstick or find 1920s domestic humor "dated" should probably go watch The Life of Reilly instead. Max Davidson has one of those faces that was built for miser...
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"Is this worth your time? If you have twenty minutes and like watching a man slowly lose his mind over a squeaky bed, then yes. Watch it. People who hate silent slapstick or find 1920s domestic humor "dated" should probably go watch The Life of Reilly instead. Max Davidson has one of those faces that was built for misery. He looks like he’s been smelling something bad for forty years, and in this short, it really works. The whole plot is just him trying to sleep. That is it. 😴 The house feels li..."
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