THE TIME OF HIS LIFE is a simple, old-fashioned, and quite charming British comedy vehicle for the ageing slapstick star Richard Hearne. Once again he plays Mr. Pastry, fresh out of jail and heading off to live with his well-to-do daughter, who wants nothing to do with him. As such, she locks him in an attic room and attempts to forget about him, but Hearne has other ideas and is soon wreaking havoc in the extended household. This is the kind of film that wouldn't have been out of place twenty years previously. It's essentially a string of set-pieces, many of which are still amusing, such as the pratfalling waiter sequence.
Review of The Time of His Life
