Buster, the family man, takes along his wife and two kids for a trip in their new boat. A boat for which they have to tear down their house to get it launched, crushing the lifeboat at the same time, but hey, that doesn't matter, let's bring the bathtub instead.

This isn't an ordinary boat, to get past all the bridges Buster has made everything taller than two meters retractable so they can pass. A few faults in the equipment of course, like, the anchor floats and the lifebuoys doesn't. But again, let's keep calm.

Some terrific scenes during the storm when the boat starts rotating in the water - upside down and round and round.

Lovely film.

Perhaps I'm just especially grumpy this morning, but Keaton's display of incompetence was absurdly inconsistent with his having built such a complex boat in the first place.

And his wife never really reacted to anything. Friends sometimes told me that I was more tolerant of partners' schemes and approaches to things than anyone else would be or should be, but even I'd suggest we stop and do something about it if he accidentally knocked the house down, and wouldn't put up with being in a leaky boat so long, especially with children.

Nerdy, literal griping aside, individual sight gags often worked, but I couldn't match them with the context. This character couldn't string a raft together. If the boat had been borrowed, the whole thing would have been much funnier and there would have been added potential for conflict and stress.
Though I understand this is not supposed to be one of Keaton's better films.

Funny and entertaining slap stick comedy that you normally expect from Keaton. He doesn't do anything really different from his other films but his stunts and effects (the destruction of his set props too!) always amaze. Also love the joke of "DAMFINO", if you don't get it then just read Keaton's lips at the end of the film when he answers his wife.

One of Buster Keaton's finest, most well-made and entertaining early shorts in which he takes to the seas with his boat, the trusty Damfino, but mishap after mishap leads to ultimate disaster. Damn fine film.

Buster, the family man, takes along his wife and two kids for a trip in their new boat. A boat for which they have to tear down their house to get it launched, crushing the lifeboat at the same time, but hey, that doesn't matter, let's bring the bathtub instead.

This isn't an ordinary boat, to get past all the bridges Buster has made everything taller than two meters retractable so they can pass. A few faults in the equipment of course, like, the anchor floats and the lifebuoys doesn't. But again, let's keep calm.

Some terrific scenes during the storm when the boat starts rotating in the water - upside down and round and round.

Lovely film.

Buster's boat is a mechanical wonder, but the best gag in the film is the simple shot of it sliding off the dock and right to the bottom of the ocean.

A sequel of sorts to One Week in which the family goes on vacation. Satisfying.

Perhaps I'm just especially grumpy this morning, but Keaton's display of incompetence was absurdly inconsistent with his having built such a complex boat in the first place.

And his wife never really reacted to anything. Friends sometimes told me that I was more tolerant of partners' schemes and approaches to things than anyone else would be or should be, but even I'd suggest we stop and do something about it if he accidentally knocked the house down, and wouldn't put up with being in a leaky boat so long, especially with children.

Nerdy, literal griping aside, individual sight gags often worked, but I couldn't match them with the context. This character couldn't string a raft together. If the boat had been borrowed, the whole thing would have been much funnier and there would have been added potential for conflict and stress.
Though I understand this is not supposed to be one of Keaton's better films.

"It's not considered one of Keaton's best films but I thought the story of his boat was rather good."

Funny and entertaining slap stick comedy that you normally expect from Keaton. He doesn't do anything really different from his other films but his stunts and effects (the destruction of his set props too!) always amaze. Also love the joke of "DAMFINO", if you don't get it then just read Keaton's lips at the end of the film when he answers his wife.

One of Keaton's best

One of Buster Keaton's finest, most well-made and entertaining early shorts in which he takes to the seas with his boat, the trusty Damfino, but mishap after mishap leads to ultimate disaster. Damn fine film.

"Damfino"