I absolutely loved the bit where Charlie improbably catches all those bricks being hurled at him on the construction site, an effect created by filming in reverse, and the scene trying to cram onto the streetcar is pretty cute too. The drunk shtick, the shrewish wife literally holding a rolling pin, and some of the humor was less interesting to me (2+2+2+2=9), but there are lots of little moments where Chaplin does something deft and clever with his hands, e.g. swiping the money out of his wife's purse while she's taking the money she knows he has hidden in his hat. I don't see this one quiiiite as head and shoulders above the rest of his short films, but it's worth checking out.
Review of Pay Day
