Play It Again, Sam

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Play It Again, Sam

PG,

1972,

1h 27m,

Comedy

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Overanxious film critic Allan (Woody Allen) sinks into a depression after his wife leaves him. Concerned, his married friends Dick (Tony Roberts) and Linda (Diane Keaton) encourage him to meet new women. Inspired by Humphrey Bogart's dark persona, Allan attempts to emulate him in flirting with women. However, his frail personality ensures that his every attempt blows up in his face. His hapless romantic life reaches catastrophic levels when he develops feelings for Linda.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

The working out of the parallels with Casablanca are masterly, and there are plenty of good sight gags and one-liners.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

Maybe the movie has too much coherence, and the plot is too predictable; that's a weakness of films based on well-made Broadway plays. Still, that's hardly a serious complaint about something as funny as Play It Again, Sam."

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William Gallagher

BBC.com

Apr 17, 2001

3/5

This is very much one of Allen's earlier, funnier films.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 18, 2025

3.5/4

“I’m turning into an aspirin junkie. Next thing you know, I’ll be boiling the cotton at the top of the bottle to get the extra.” That’s one of the opening salvos in this hilarious comedy starring Woody Allen and Humphrey Bogart (well, sort of).

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Feb 17, 2025

B+

The Allen-Keaton sparks are off the charts. There’s a reason they would go onto highly successful ‘70s collaborations...No surprise, Keaton is the heart of the pic. Her magical comedic gifts help elevate the silliest moments...

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

Jan 8, 2020

Allen has the uncanny knack of magnifying our most unguarded, embarrassing, selfish and just plain silly moments into a blossoming garden of neuroses and phobias.

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Feb 2, 2019

The best comedy romance movie ever made!

Ron W

Sep 19, 2018

Some great one liners but inconsistent quality of material drags it down.

Han W

Jul 21, 2017

Une fois n'est pas coutume, Woody Allen voit un de ses scripts (tiré de sa propre pièce de théâtre) adaptée par Herbert Ross. Il y tient tout de même le rôle principal, avec sa future grande collaboratrice Diane Keaton. Cette histoire d'amour platonique parvient quasi-parfaitement à jongler entre le burlesque de ses premiers films et le côté plus cérébral des suivants. Avec le solide Tony Roberts en second rôle, Play it Again, Sam est un film furieusement drôle dans sa première partie, où Keaton fait rentrer de nombreuses femmes à Woody Allen. La seconde, qui se consacre justement sur l'amour platonique entre les deux amis, est un peu plus lente et assez prévisible. La séquence finale est remarquable. Play it Again, Sam est un bon film, très daté, mais toujours efficace.

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Leia S

May 14, 2017

The seminal Woody Allen film, even though not directed by him, will be appreciated by the fans of Casablanca and Humphrey Bogart. Clever humour, funny situations and nice performances combining with nice cinematic background of cinema of the 40's.

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Abraham S

Apr 14, 2017

Very funny movie. I loved it and it was very relatable. It was a bit predictable and I stopped paying attention towards the end, but it was a very memorable movie. Fantastic acting, great humor, great direction. I enjoyed it

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Anakin L

Feb 14, 2017

I was only 17 when this came out. It's how I learned about Casablanca.. I'd followed Woody since What's Up Tiger Lily. There seems to be an hilarious version and a so-so version of the latter. I saw the hilarious one. Anyway, I tried to catch all his films. Sam is one of the first I saw after Lily. I'm giving it one more star than Casablanca. Linda had to go w/Dick in this one. Otherwise Allen couldn't have told her "If that plane leaves the ground, and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life." At this moment Allen reaches self actualization. In Casablanca, it's obvious Ilsa had a girlish crush on Lazlo, but real passion for Rick. Sam has a better ending. And it's pre-Interiors, so it's funny.

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Herbert Ross

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Woody Allen

Allan Felix

Diane Keaton

Linda Christie

Tony Roberts

Dick Christie

Jerry Lacy

Humphrey Bogart

Susan Anspach

Nancy Felix

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Synopsis

Overanxious film critic Allan (Woody Allen) sinks into a depression after his wife leaves him. Concerned, his married friends Dick (Tony Roberts) and Linda (Diane Keaton) encourage him to meet new women. Inspired by Humphrey Bogart's dark persona, Allan attempts to emulate him in flirting with women. However, his frail personality ensures that his every attempt blows up in his face. His hapless romantic life reaches catastrophic levels when he develops feelings for Linda.

Director: Herbert Ross
Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter: Woody Allen, Woody Allen
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Rollins-Joffe Productions, APJAC Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 4, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2011
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm

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