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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Sunnyside
Comedy · Romance · 1919
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
Movie details
Sunnyside
“Charlie Chaplin In His Third Million Dollar Comedy”
1919 Comedy · Romance 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
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 Sunnyside?
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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Cast & crew
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Written by
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Farm Handyman
Edna Purviance
Village Belle
Henry Bergman
Villager and Edna's Father (uncredited)
Tom Terriss
Young Man from the City (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Boss (uncredited)
L
Lulu Jenks
(uncredited)
Granville Redmond
Small Role (uncredited)
Court is in session
Put Sunnyside 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.