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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) | Top 7% · CriticCrunch

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Movie1928·70 min

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Directed by Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton

Comedy Romance Action Drama

A comedy romance film directed by Charles Reisner.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 7%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

About Steamboat Bill, Jr.

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Comedy-driven (9 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Stylized
Story Tags: family dysfunction, coming of age, early 1900s, american regional, ocean maritime, parent child, romantic partners, underdog, reluctant hero, fish out of water, rescue mission, young first love

7.6/10

400 ratings

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Details

Director: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
Language: English

Cast

Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence

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How Steamboat Bill, Jr. Ranks

All movies

Top 7%

1920s movies

Top 16%

★Comedy movies

Top 5%

1920s Comedy movies

Top 20%

One of the essential Comedy movies — Top 5%.

the vibe

Steamboat Bill, Jr. Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulmoderateeasy to followcomedy-drivenpersonalheartfeltplayful

stylized

What it's about

fish out of waterrescue missionfamily dysfunctioncoming of ageunderdogreluctant heroparent childromantic partnersyoung first loveamerican regionalocean maritimeearly 1900s

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

comedy-driven 9/9comedy 9/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful