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Be Big has received a bad rap as one of Stan and Babe's weaker vehicles. A masterful foray of "prolonged frustration," the first half is solidly and compactly paced, which makes the slower second half seem less tolerable. When compared to other short subjects of the era, this still is heads above the type of thing other studios were producing at the time, which is why Laurel and Hardy films have endured through the years. James Parrott somewhat loses his grip on the directorial reins only in the final scene of Be Big. However, he more than made up for it considering his work on other talkies such as Perfect Day, The Hoose-gow (both 1929), Blotto, Brats, Another Fine Mess (all 1930), and many more.
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