Casablanca Movie Review

One of the best, and certainly one of the most quoted, films in theatre history, Casablanca contains all the necessary components of a Hollywood blockbuster: adventure, romance, intrigue, suspense, and naturally, malevolent Fascist bad guys [ if you doubt this last one as an essential element, then reference the success of the Indiana to none, Casablanca makes a director [ picture ever made. and cast second to none, Casablanca makes a strong case for consideration as the best movie ever made. And although I loath clichés, it is true that they just don’t make ‘em like this one anymore... Casablanca unfolds in a place called Rick’s, a popular watering hole in Vichey-controlled Morocco on the edges of Nazi dominated Europe. An important travel center, Casablanca plays host to numerous colorful characters with any amount of varying agendas. 

Arms dealers, spies, and revolutionaries walk side by side thru streets littered with pickpockets. But at Rick’s, everyone seems to enjoy themselves. Owner Rick Blaine [ Humphrey Bogart ] appears content with his life of serving customers and earning, at least until the day she walks in, Ilsa Lund [ Ingrid Bergman ], the love of Rick’s life. Less than 2 years earlier, as the Nazis moved into Paris, Rick and Ilsa fell in love. 

But in the act of fleeing the Nazi advance, Ilsa sent Rick a note at the train station informing him that she could not go with him. She offered no explanation. Now, she was appearing in his enterprise with her husband, fugitive and Fascist resistance leader Victor Laszlo. As the hours pass, and the Nazis desperately search for Laszlo in an attempt to cut off his escape, Rick learns the truth about Ilsa and her reason for leaving. 

For the moment, Laszlo’s fate is in his hands. Since his days in Paris, Rick’s made a habit of being practical, both in his business life and in his personal life… But will Rick use his influence and connections to help himself or Victor Laszlo? Will his idealism overcome over his hardened pragmatism? The 3rd Reich is closing in, and Rick must make a decision regarding Ilsa and Laszlo before time runs out… The recipient of widespread imperative commend in the more than six decades since its release, Casablanca is an example of the few films deemed as a “cinema classic” that really lives up to the mega-hype surrounding it. The set design, costumes, and direction are fully perfect. The dialogue is glorious. Bogart and Bergman are perfect as the lovers torn to shreds, and Claude Rains is extraordinary as Captain Renault. If you have an hatred to pre-1980 pictures or some other unusual reason for missing this one, then I highly encourage you to observe Casablanca. You won’t regret it.

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