This short film must have inspired many comedians. It´s about when Charlie comes home VERY early in the morning and is drunk.A funny one-man show that really shows that the man was a genius.If I should rate this I would give it a 4/5.

Am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin, have been for over a decade now. Many films and shorts of his are very good to masterpiece, and like many others consider him a comedy genius and one of film's most important and influential directors.

From his post-Essanay period when he was working for Mutual, 'One A.M.' is not one of his very best. His Essanay and Mutual periods show a noticeable step up in quality though from his Keystone period, where he was still evolving and in the infancy of his long career, from 1914, The Essanay and Mutual periods were something of Chaplin's adolescence periods where his style had been found and starting to settle. 'One A.M.' is among the best of his early work and for me it is one of the best of his output under Mutual.

Certainly other efforts of his have more pathos and a balance of that and the comedy than 'One A.M', which is very comedy-oriented.

On the other hand, 'One A.M' looks pretty good, not incredible but it was obvious that Chaplin was taking more time with his work and not churning out countless shorts in the same year of very variable success like he did with Keystone. Appreciate the importance of his Keystone period and there is some good stuff he did there, but the more mature and careful quality seen here and later on is obvious here and preferred.

'One A.M' is one of his funniest from this period and does it without being over-reliant on slapstick. Some very impressive stunts here. It moves quickly and there is a more discernible and busier story to usual, even if at times it could have had more variety.

Chaplin directs more than competently, if not quite cinematic genius standard yet. He also, as usual, gives a very funny and expressive performance and at clear ease with the vast physicality of the role. It was essential for him to work, being a one-man show and he succeeded brilliantly, for me it was one of his best performances up to this point of his career.

In summary, very well done indeed. 9/10 Bethany Cox