Two colleagues spend their lives to see how they get some money but they are a disaster. They destroy everything until they are made to pass as princes at a high-ranking party.
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Is Mitt the Prince worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but with significant caveats that demand a specific palate. This film is a delightful, if somewhat uneven, journey into ...
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James D. Davis

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In the uproarious silent comedy, Mitt the Prince, we are introduced to a pair of hapless, perpetually penniless colleagues whose every endeavor to secure financial stability devolves into spectacular, often accidental, chaos. Their lives are a relentless, comically destructive pursuit of the elusive dollar, leaving a trail of mishaps in their wake. This pattern of catastrophic failure, however, takes an unexpected turn when their knack for unintentional mayhem inadvertently propels them into a bizarre, high-stakes charade. They find themselves improbably thrust into the role of 'princes' at an exclusive, high-society gathering, a situation ripe for their particular brand of calamitous charm, promising a grand, if precarious, attempt at social climbing through sheer, unadulterated farce.


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