Simply the best movie ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (12 March 2007)

This is my favorite movie of all time. Absolutely stunning direction, fabulous script, fantastic cast, and timeless love story of sacrifice to a greater cause. Bogart's Rick is possibly the best anti-hero in cinematic history ("I stick my neck out for no man!"). The quotes (and MIS-quotes) from this movie lend credit to its timeless appeal! From the first entrance into Rick's café (expertly done through the use of a moving camera) you are drawn into a world of intrigue, love, lust for power, desperation and hope that was North Africa in the WWII era. The black & white photography allows the director to create and use shadows to set mood and tension. The script moves along at a breakneck pace until the final scene when our hero's true colors are revealed. Let's face it. If you don't see this movie you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.