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| Date Reviewed: 03/13/2004 |
- Reinman
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Summary: 2004-03-13 00:00:00 I've watched this movie several times and each time I watch it it reaffirms my belief that it is the best film ever made. Everything in it is done perfectly. The acting, the suspense, the soundtrack, the dialogue and the theme of idealism over love. I can't think of a better 20 minutes in a movie than when Ilsa first enters to the end of the flashback in France. This movie will just get better as time goes by.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/11/2001 |
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Summary: 2001-06-11 00:00:00 One of the greatest and most acclaimed American films of all time. Bogart plays his character in a perfectly ambivalent fashion, and Bergman is lovely. The film is the epitome of film noir, so if you don't like the quality or any other movies from that period, this probably won't make a difference. The film has at its essence a profiteer's love for an unattainable woman with whom he had a previous relationship. The story is classic, and any description fails to do it justice. Remember though, this film has very little action, and some of the scenes rely on the audience using their visual sense rather than dialogue.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/19/2000 |
- dhooker
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Summary: 2000-10-19 00:00:00 Casablanca: an American movie classic best viewed in the original black and white. Story based in the setting of World War II, as people escape from France as the Nazis move in. Story also follows two lovers who meet in Morocco again, one already established in Morocco as a nightclub owner, the other escaping the Nazis with her husband. The plot becomes interesting when the nightclub owner meets his love again, a love the husband never knew about. But the nightclub owner, despite his love and bitterness, is their only way out. Strongly recommended for those who like stories of found love, lost love and love found again.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/18/2000 |
- athos
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Summary: 2000-10-18 00:00:00 This movie is great for many reasons. Many of the things that make this movie great don't stand out very well by today's standards. But, if you look at the time it was made, this movie truly shines. First, one of the main characters is black. He is one of the heroes of the movie. And this is in a movie with one of the greatest actors of the era, Humphrey Bogart. Also, other than Sam, the intentions of the other characters are all rather ambiguous. One moment you'll see Bogie handing his friend over to the Nazis, next he's smuggling Polish rebels to American. The good guys aren't so good, the bad guys aren't so bad, and some you just can't tell. There were no shining heroes or slimy villians, just the gray that occupies the large space between them. In an era where all the heroes had to be pure, this movie went against the grain.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/05/2005 |
- genghis the hun
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Summary: 2005-06-05 09:52:00 Ok I am going to give it a 5 for old times sake for two reasons. The counterpoint of the "Marseilles" with "Die Wacht am Rhein" and Ingrid Bergman. The film is showing its age, and the 1940's flashback device is annoying.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/19/2005 |
- adc103051
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Summary: 2005-05-19 11:24:00 Superb.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/28/2005 |
- Franks Wild Years
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Summary: 2005-02-28 00:00:00 They just don't make them like that any more. Casablanca is great concise story telling, a human drama palyed against a larger than life back drop. There is great characters with their better nature coming up against their flaws andtheir past. There is incredible witty dialogue delivered by fabulous actors. Even the "minor" character roles like Karl the waiter and Major Strasser are pitch perfect. If it seems cliche or predictable, it's only because it has become such a film icon.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/18/2005 |
- GoneAway
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Summary: 2005-01-18 00:00:00 This is a most definite 5 rating. Bogart at his best.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/19/2001 |
- Lord of the Waves
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Summary: 2001-10-19 00:00:00 Greatest movie of all time. Humphrey Bogart's best movie. Mixed together a perfect combination of love, deceit, war, and a trace amount of humor. Appropriate for people of all ages but younger humans may not understand it to the full extent this deserves. Ingrid Bergman was very good in this. The loveable singer Sam added lots of drama to the movie becuase usually when a key scene occurred he played music.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/27/2005 |
- cutegurl
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Summary: 2005-07-27 05:38:00 Like fine wine, good movies get better as they age, and as you age as well. Casablanca is a movie that expresses the irony and pain of life, but more importantly, it expresses the joy. With an unlikely and almost unwilling hero and a beautiful and naive heroine Casablanca will make you cry, laugh and feel as no other movie will. It also has some of the best oneliners ever to be said on the silver screen. So here's lookin' at you kid.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/04/2001 |
- Holly3X17
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Summary: 2001-11-04 00:00:00 Casablanca was one of the first "classic" movies I had ever seen. I was 16 and thought that Casablanca may not reach my expectations after having 50-odd years of so-called hype. Let me just say that I was thoroughly, completely, and utterly wrong. No other film that I have seen--both past and present--has so percisely, beautifully, and understatedly communicated the sacrifices made, and the desperation felt by Europeans during the WWII-era.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/28/2000 |
- too221
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 »ç¶ûÇØ¿µ ... Strengths: NA
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Summary: 2000-11-28 00:00:00 »ç¶ûÇØ¿µ
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| Date Reviewed: 05/08/2002 |
- highway61
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 Kitch condensed. even in the fourties ... Strengths: NA
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Summary: 2002-05-08 00:00:00 Kitch condensed. even in the fourties
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| Date Reviewed: 12/29/2000 |
- Grenville
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 Vastly over rated by the media and if it wasn't sh ... Strengths: NA
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Summary: 2000-12-29 00:00:00 Vastly over rated by the media and if it wasn't shown every other week on TV who would remember it?? Its a second rate movie with a sentimental/cutsie ending.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/20/1999 |
- madh1369om
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Decent movie. Chick-flick. ...
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Summary: 1999-11-20 00:00:00 Decent movie. Chick-flick.
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