Keaton's genius lay not just in the nuts and bolts of invention, but in the creation of an endearing character.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 22, 2024

... a masterpiece, one of the finest silent films ever made and one of the great film comedies of all time.

| Apr 8, 2023

The Mad Max: Fury Road of its day.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 27, 2022

It’s hard to imagine Buster Keaton without trains.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 13, 2022

Keaton shows signs of vaulting ambition in The General... That he fails to get across is due to the scantiness of his material as compared with the length of his film; he has also displayed woefully bad judgment in deciding just where and when to stop.

| Oct 7, 2021

Buster Keaton is brilliant in the film.

| Mar 24, 2021

All but required viewing for anyone with an interest in comedy, film, film comedy, history, film history, or historical comedy film.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 22, 2020

The peak of silent cinema.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 11, 2020

One of the greatest of all silent films.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jul 27, 2020

The movie is one death-defying stunt piece after another, and each is jaw-dropping by even today's standards.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 3, 2020

The moments with the cannon, or that of the bridge - the most expensive gag in the history of cinema - are those that are not forgotten. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 23, 2020

The General is one of the funniest, most ingenious, and gosh-darn exciting films you will ever see in your long and happy life.

| Apr 21, 2020

Artistic perfection. [February 19, 2019]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 22, 2019

features gags that are as much artful exercises in stuntwork and timing as they are orchestrated attempts at humor, and the fact that they work so well as both is testament to Keaton's brilliance as a filmmaker and performer

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 18, 2019

Like the train itself, The General rarely ever slows down, barreling from one hair-raising (and frequently hilarious) set-piece to the next.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Not just one of the greatest films of the silent period, but of all time, and arguably the greatest comedy ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 4, 2019

The General...lets you see the result in luminous high definition.

| Nov 5, 2018

"The General" explores man's tumultuous relationship with technology through the propulsive images and rushing emotion available only to the advents of cinema.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jul 5, 2018

Keaton has great sight gags and goes to amazing ends to get the thrills he wants.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 3, 2018

In these times when all risk is assumed by CGI effects, Keaton's squealing funny, exquisitely timed, death-defying leaps are all the more breathtaking.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 23, 2014