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79% Critic Match
One Week
“Two reels of side-splitting fun arising from the trials of honeymooners…”
7.9 / 10• 1920• 25m•NR• xx
Comedy
Storyline
Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
Cast & Crew
Buster Keaton
The Groom
Lead
Sybil Seely
The Bride
Joe Roberts
Piano Mover (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Buster Keaton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. One Week is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
