The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Seven Chances
Comedy · Romance · 1925
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Movie details
Seven Chances
“Seven laughs a minute!”
1925 Comedy · Romance 56m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.8 / 10
12K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94 %
Tomatometer
TMDB
7.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Seven Chances?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Buster Keaton
Written by
Clyde Bruckman · Joseph A. Mitchell · Jean C. Havez
Buster Keaton
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
T. Roy Barnes
Billy Meekin, His Partner
Snitz Edwards
His Lawyer
Ruth Dwyer
Mary Jones, His Girl
Frances Raymond
Mrs. Jones, Her Mother
Erwin Connelly
The Clergyman
Jules Cowles
The Hired Hand
Court is in session
Put Seven Chances on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.