A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long, all of the characters are trying not to avoid each other.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much you love watching people run in circles. If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedy and don't mind a plot that feels like it was stapled together in a hurry, you'll probably get a kick out of Those Were the Days. If you need your movies to make logical sense...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much you love watching people run in circles. If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedy and don't mind a plot that feels like it was stapled together in a hurry, you'll probably get a kick out of Those Were the Days. If you need your movies to make logical sense or have a quiet, contemplative tone, you are going to be checking your watch every five minutes. The whole movie feels like a stage play that someone forgot to take off the stage..."
Jimmy Hanley
Fred Thompson, Frank Launder, Jack Jordan, Arthur Wing Pinero, Frank Miller
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