Richard Schickel: All Time 100 Movies – Sherlock, Jr. In: Time. 15. Januar 2010, abgerufen am 9. November 2019 (englisch): „The impeccable comedian directs himself in an impeccable silent comedy. […] Is this, as some critics have argued, an example of primitive American surrealism? Sure. But let’s not get fancy about it. It is more significantly, a great example of American minimalism—simple objects and movement manipulated in casually complex ways to generate a steadily rising gale of laughter. The whole thing is only 45 minutes long, not a second of which is wasted. In an age when most comedies are all windup and no punch, this is the most treasurable of virtues.“
