"Going Bye-Bye!" is a 20-minute black-and-white sound film from 1934, so this one is already over 80 years old, almost 85, and it is among the many collaborations between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with director Charley Rogers and the supporting cast here is also gonna show us familiar faces. They may be the greatest comedy, maybe even in general, duo in film history, but this one here is not among their very best and I can see why it is not among their most known, even if the rating here on imdb is a bit too high for sure. This takes Stan and Ollie in the world of crime for once or at least close to it as they don't share too much screen time with the bad guy except at the ery start and very end. It is their usual shenanigans and they elevate the material as always, but it just isn't good enough. Also the moments when the film steps a bit away from the comedy genre are not too bright and it's tough to take it seriously as anything else. Perhaps they should have gone 100% comedy this time. If you really love the duo, you can watch this one, but if not it may be better to go for another Laurel/Hardy work as I doubt this one's gonna turn you into a fan. I give it a thumbs-down.
Review of Going Bye-Bye!
