I have to say: I'm not a huge fan of silent movies but I'm willing to give it a try. Watching "Rescued by Rover" was interesting and different from everything I usually watch. It's not like I've never seen a silent movie before but it was the first time when I was paying attention. First thing I noticed was that body language and facial expressions are much more shown than in voice movies. The movie is very short but lots of actions happen during seemingly short 6 minutes. A homeless woman kidnapping a child, sufferings of parents, Rover finding child, leading a father of a child to the homeless woman's place and finally a rescue of a child. All of the scenes looked natural to me. The only thing I found a bit irritating was that a mother of a child was overacting sometimes. When she was trying to show how devastated she was about her child's disappearance, I felt that she was making too many movements. I understand how hard it is to perform in a silent movie and how important to balance emotional expressions though. One thing I learned watching silent movie was that its not always necessary to speak in order to make audience understand what the performance is about.
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