. ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁Eug ene ▁Arch er ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁some ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁were ▁" sur pr ising ly ▁successful " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁Lewis ' ▁credit ▁that ▁" he ▁has ▁kept ▁his ▁ener get ic ▁de mean or ▁in ▁reasonable ▁check ," ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁fans ▁" may ▁find ▁the ▁com ed ian ▁disappoint ingly ▁rest rained ." ▁Vari ety ▁stated : ▁" S ever al ▁of ▁the ▁sequences ▁are ▁am using , ▁but ▁too ▁many ▁are ▁dependent ▁upon ▁clim actic ▁sight ▁g ags ▁anticip ated ▁well ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁p unch ▁... ▁There ▁are ▁lat ent ▁elements ▁of ▁Charlie ▁Chap lin ' s ▁little ▁tr amp , ▁Jacques ▁T ati ' s ▁' H ul ot ,' ▁D anny ▁K aye ' s ▁' M itt y ' ▁and ▁Har po ▁Marx ' s ▁curious ly ▁tender ▁child - man , ▁but ▁the ▁execution ▁falls ▁far ▁short ▁of ▁such ▁insp iration ." ▁John ▁L . ▁Scott ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁commented ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁" some ▁very ▁laugh able ▁situations " ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁adding , ▁" Some ▁g ags ▁don ' t ▁come ▁off ▁too ▁well , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁so ▁many ▁that ▁the ▁poor er ▁ones ▁quickly ▁get ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁fast ▁sh uffle ." ▁The ▁Month ly ▁Film ▁Bul letin ▁rev iewer ▁wrote : ▁" To o ▁many ▁scenes ▁are ▁both ▁point less ▁and ▁wit less ; ▁sometimes ▁the ▁g ag ▁doesn '