there be barely a minute in the circus i wasn not smile and or or laugh like a silly little kid and and that the key for how successful the picture be and and hopefully and in it appeal . for those handful of young people ( i. e. child ) who would be adventurous enough to come close to a black and white movie let alone one without any dialog and it possibly the most enjoyable of all of chaplin pre 1940 work . this doesn not mean it will make you cry like city light or be somewhat enlighten like modern time and but it have a fresh and joyous and innocent delight in it making and chaplin a the little tramp and where here he more than ever like a simple cartoon character thrust into this rough and tumble circus world with a mean ringmaster and kind and kind of love girl . and it not just the infamous climactic tightrope act and although if for no other reason that one big reason to see the film a the little tramp go haywire with his plan to safely go across the tightrope . it just the entire assemblage of skit and moment and little thing that might seem silly to talk about like chaplin lock in a lion cage or try to learn a barber trick and how it unfold with a precision and finesse ( yes and finesse ) that be just short of genius and if not that . in fact a big point in the film be try and act funny and which be not something that can really be bark on command to anyone and especially the little tramp who and in essence and garner his comedy from unintentional goofiness and embarrassment or humiliation on the part of others and or just plain old physical pratfall . what we get in the circus be the tale of the classic clown in the midst of a whole program slew of them and and what it take to make it in it or what humanity be there . a say and it doesn not necessarily have the best love story and even if that touching and and it doesn not make some big statement on the work man or society in general . but if you want to just flat out laugh at some incredible stunt and witness chaplin craft of quality and the circus be fantastic fun .