Honestly, I’m having trouble thinking of anything funny about this short. The closest I can think of is the way Keaton falls after the twin’s husband comes home. This short was really dull.
The idea of Keaton mistaking twins for the same person isn’t necessarily a bad one, but they don’t do a whole lot with it. Honestly, I think this would have worked a lot better had it gone the OUR RELATIONS route, with more and more characters gradually joining the confusion-and, yes, they kind of do that with the husbands, but it’s resolved way too quickly. This idea isn’t even that new to Keaton, considering he did basically the same joke in THE PLAYHOUSE.
The pacing in general is pretty weird. That last few minutes with Keaton 15 years later felt really pointless, considering it only builds up to one lame joke at the end, and could have easily been cut to add more build-up to the rest of the short.
DITTO is just way too boring and a waste of 17 minutes. If you want a good twins comedy, watch OUR RELATIONS. If you want a shorter twins comedy, watch the Abbott and Costello routine. If you want a funny shaving scene, watch BRIDELESS GROOM. If you want to watch DITTO...don’t.
3 out of 10