Fresh
Nobody lights a torch like Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa or carries one like Humphrey Bogart's Rick.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Casablanca
They had a date with fate in Casablanca!
1943 · 1h 43m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Overview
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Director and cast
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99%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Casablanca is the most sociable, the most companionable film ever made. Life as an endless party.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Film should be a solid moneymaker everywhere.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Part of what makes this wartime Hollywood drama (1942) about love and political commitment so fondly remembered is its evocation of a time when the sentiment of this country about certain things appeared to be unified.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Across seven decades, the Humphrey Bogart-Ingrid Bergman starrer has emerged as Americans' default favorite movie.
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
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