Review of How to Sub-Let

Mediocre Benchley Short
1 September 2010
While Bob's wife is at church, Bob is left to show his apartment to potential new tenants. There really is much here. What should have been a sight gag fest turns out to be boring. Bumbling Bob should have destroyed the apartment while showing it. Unfortunately, the few sight gags there are do not illicit much laughter. Now Benchley really wasn't much of a physical comedian, but his facial expressions could be priceless. He tries, but there just isn't enough good material for him to react to. The comedy clocks in at about 8 minutes, but seems much longer; the pacing is very slow. I guess Benchley just ran out of ideas for this short. He's done better with other films.
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