A Chump at Oxford (1940) Movie Review

A Chump at Oxford (1940) (IMDB)

A Chump at Oxford movie poster

I never thought I would be reviewing a Laurel & Hardy movie or this website, but I was pleased to find that this movie might contain a maze in it. This is a typical Laurel & Hardy movie where they have an uncanny ability to escalate the simplest of situations into chaotic disasters. You get tons of gags, physical comedy, and misunderstandings. The comedy is more timeless than you would think for such an old movie.

As far as the maze scene, I can confirm that this is a maze movie. Once at Oxford, about 20 minutes into the film a student gives them directions (long directions) through a hedge maze to get to the deans house. It goes about as well as you think it would for these 2. Here is a screenshot of the maze.

A Chump at Oxford hedge scene

I give it a 7/10.