ScreeningNotes’s review published on Letterboxd:
Easy Street is odd to watch in our current cultural climate saturated with fear of police brutality. Charlie Chaplin becomes a police officer (somewhat reluctantly—the scene of his indecision is easily the highlight of the film) and struggles to subdue a troublesome neighborhood. As it turns out, police violence is funny in a world where the police are afraid of the people and not the other way around.
Also, Chaplin saves the day on drugs. Potentially his best work under 30 minutes.