A Woman

Am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin, have been for over a decade now. Many films and shorts of his are very good to masterpiece, and like many others consider him a comedy genius and one of film's most important and influential directors.

From his Essanay period after leaving Keystone, 'A Woman' is not one of his very best or even among the best of this particular period. It shows a noticeable step up in quality though from his Keystone period, where he was still evolving and in the infancy of his long career, from 1914, The Essanay period is something of Chaplin's adolescence period where his style had been found and starting to settle. Something that can be seen in the more than worthwhile 'A Woman'.

'A Woman' is not one of his all-time funniest or most memorable, other efforts also have more pathos and a balance of that and the comedy. The story is still a little flimsy, there are times where it struggles to sustain the short length, and could have had more variety and less more of the same repeition.

On the other hand, 'A Woman' looks pretty good, not incredible but it was obvious that Chaplin was taking more time with his work (even when deadlines were still tight) and not churning out as many countless shorts in the same year of very variable success like he did with Keystone. Appreciate the importance of his Keystone period and there is some good stuff he did there, but the more mature and careful quality seen here and later on is obvious.

While not one of his funniest or original, 'A Woman' is still very entertaining with some clever, entertaining and well-timed slapstick. It moves quickly and there is no dullness in sight, it's also very charming and sweet without being cloying.

Chaplin directs more than competently, if not quite cinematic genius standard yet. He also, as usual, gives an amusing and expressive performance and at clear ease with the physicality of the role. The supporting cast acquit themselves well.

In conclusion, pretty good. 7/10 Bethany Cox

He is a such good actor.He make you laugh till got tears in your eyes for laugh so hard.Take sip of a guy drink and spit it out. Take the father from his cane push in the water and the other guy is in the water. When he goes with the ladies goes outside with no pants and try to find a place to get away goes upstairs put on a dress,shave his moustache and prissy around and the father pull the skirt off of Charlie. You can see what Charlie look like without his moustache and he look handsome without the moustache.That all of I knew of Charlie with his moustache big shoes and baggy pants, derby hat.The way he run and try to turn the corner he hop on one foot the other one is up.

While much of this is fairly simple comedy, it's interesting and worth watching for a couple of reasons. The first half is a slapstick sequence that could have come from any number of Chaplin's early short features, but it is a little better than average for knockabout slapstick, because the timing is generally pretty good and the situation is developed enough to make it amusing. The second half, for which the movie is better known, focuses on Charlie's appearance as "A Woman", and it is carried off pretty well. Unlike many such sequences, it doesn't try to get more out of the situation than is there, so it works pretty well. Overall, this movie is a little better than average among Chaplin's earlier short comedies.

This is one of the most interesting firsts film of Chaplin. In reality, the plot is similar to all the other short films of the great Charlot, with a narrative construction that's just a pretext to generate all kind of gags, mostly based on body and slapstick sketches. But here we can see also Chaplin act as a woman and his ability to understand all the movements and cliché of a comedian mask: if you have never seen this movie and you watch just the scene of woman version Chaplin, you can't recognize him, that looks also really cute! One of the proves of Chaplin acting abilities.

The king of comedy Charles Chaplin is hilarious in this 1915 silent short comedy.Once again Charlie gets in trouble.He is chased by two men and they go in a house.Chaplin goes upstairs as a man and comes down as a woman.And the chasers find him very attractive.Edna Purviance finds this situation very amusing.Man as a woman has been seen very many times in movies and many times it's funny.Chape certainly proves it in this movie.Chaplin makes a perfect lady.This movie is 20 minutes of fun.A Woman is a very lovable comedy flick from the master.I recommend it for everybody who likes to see Chaplin as a woman.And this was made long before Tootsie.