Film · Pathé · 1922
Pass it on
Grandma's Boy
59Watch it awake.
The grandfather's charm is a fraud, and the courage left standing is his.
The review
Somebody told a coward that a grandfather's charm would make him brave. Harold Lloyd, in the feature that made him more than a gag man. Fine on a family night. I nearly let the prop do the talking, which is the mistake inside the story.
The charm is a fraud. He does the brave thing anyway. The lie has a bill, and then the courage is his own. A family comfort that isn't true still sends a bill when the moment comes. I don't want a lucky object collecting the credit in this house. He was scared. The brave part turned out to be him.
Journal
Keep Grandma's Boy in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 59. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry and Republic are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
The Lego Movie
69 instead of 59
The Lego Movie is still a comedy film, and it scores 69 instead of 59. What you gain is industry: Instructions, construction, a job.
The eight
- 3Industry
The feature that lifted Lloyd past gag shorts is a coward and a false charm.
- 7Household
He is told a grandfather's charm will make him brave, and the charm is a fraud.
- 6Piety
A false charm tries to supply the nerve, and he has to act without it.
- 8Courage
The charm is a fraud; he does the brave thing anyway, and it is his.
- 3Republic
His brave act stands alone, beside a grandfather's charm that does not work.
- 6Temperance
He does not get to lean on magic; the aid he was given is a fraud.
- 8Truth
The grandfather's charm is a lie with a bill, and the courage is his.
- 6Stewardship
Nothing magic remains to pass down; the courage left is his own.
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