Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Hitchcoc This is another take on the plot of a couple of men having long lost twin brothers. Stan and Ollie have Bert and Al who they know are bad news. Well, those two are working on a ship and are on shore leave as our heroes take their wives out for dinner. This is a series of mistaken identity things where the good guys appear to be crooked and vice versa. Even the wives are confronted by a couple of sailors on the make. Meanwhile, Stan and Ollie are seen to be jewel thieves. Jimmy Finlayson is superb as the long suffering ship's captain. This, of course, is a take on the Shakespeare play, "A Comedy of Errors." There is great fun and some of the encounters are wonderful. One of the best things is the boys got to be "bad" once in a while. One of their better efforts.

Alex da Silva Stan and Ollie go out with their wives, Betty (Betty Healy) and Daphne (Daphne Pollard). However, Stan and Ollie's sailor twins, Alf and Bert, are also in town which leads to many misunderstandings. There is also a plot about giving an engagement ring to the ship's captain (Sidney Toler) which is resolved at the end of the story.I find that Laurel and Hardy are always a joy to watch but I usually end up disappointed with the laughs. This film falls into that category. It's not funny, just mildly amusing in parts. And there are some sections which are just purely tedious, eg, the phone booth slapstick and the never-ending swaying when their feet are set in concrete. There are a few funny moments, eg, Ollie's confused face with each misunderstanding at the bar but the plot of the twins being mistaken for each other has moments that confuse the audience, especially at the high class venue "The Pirate" towards the end of the film. Overall, the film is OK but I don't remember laughing.

Michael_Elliott Our Relations (1936) *** (out of 4) All hell breaks loose in a case of mistaken identity when Laurel and Hardy's twins show up. This isn't nearly their best film but there are plenty of laughs throughout the short running time. The segments inside the bar are the highlights but I think the film would have been even better had L&H played the twins differently.Oliver the Eighth (1934) *** (out of 4) Laurel and Hardy short has Hardy answering an ad in the paper by a woman looking for a husband. What he doesn't know is that she's a psychotic who will murder anyone named Oliver. Again, not too many laughs here but the thing remains entertaining anyways. The gag with the hand under the covers is certainly the highlight.

Libretio OUR RELATIONS Aspect ratio: 1.37:1Sound format: Mono(Black and white)During an eventful day out, Stan and Ollie become confused with their long-lost twin brothers, with far-reaching consequences.The first of two films co-produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel (the other was WAY OUT WEST), this entertaining farce has 'class' written all over it. Beautifully photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Rudolph Maté (later the director of WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, amongst many others) and written by a couple of newcomers to the L&H universe (Felix Adler and Richard Connell) from the story 'The Money Box' by W.W. Jacobs, the film's elaborate plot line revolves around a series of comic coincidences involving the boys' uncomprehending wives (Betty Healey and the diminutive Daphne Pollard), a couple of gold-diggers (Iris Adrian and Lona Andre), a belligerent sea captain (Sidney Toler) and an incredulous restaurateur (Alan Hale). Though uncredited on the print itself, Laurel appears to have bolstered the screenplay with a number of 'typical' L&H routines - the movie opens on a shot of the boys and their wives passing teacups in an endless circle around the dinner table, for example - but these items are shoehorned into an extremely busy scenario which ends in a frantic dockside encounter with a couple of smart-looking gangsters (the equally smart-looking Ralf Harolde and Noel Madison). While there's laughs to be had from the convoluted plot developments and farcical situations, the movie lacks some of the charm and intimacy of L&H's shorter entries. Also starring Arthur Housman (a fabulous comic drunk in many similar movies) and L&H regular James Finlayson. Directed by Harry Lachman (DANTE'S INFERNO).