Love, war and wit. Casablanca delivers entertainment to decades of viewers.

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2004)

`Casablanca'
You can find the color in this black and white movie's dialogue. The writers produced script with deep characters that exchange witty dialogue throughout the movie's interesting plot. `Casablanca' opens in the foreign city of.....Casablanca. The world is in turmoil and the drama flares inside the city walls. European emigrants flee from the German war machine to Casablanca, the gateway to America. But in the midst of the carnage and despair of the world war, Humphrey Bogart is having some love troubles. And the personal demons Bogart struggles with has entertained audiences for decades.	Bogart plays the character Rick who is perfectly cynical. He is a man who `sticks his neck out for no one.', and it would seem that Rick doesn't love for no one either. Not since Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) broke his heart in Paris. Rick is soon dragged, kicking and screaming, into a love triangle worthy of Jerry Springer when Ilsa comes to Casablanca with a husband on her arm. Rick must face his demons, define his values, and make a choice between his happiness or the hope of the world.	In a film that oozes with Americana the viewer might find an allegory in Casablanca. Rick could be a neutral America who tried to keep their feet dry when the world around it was drowning. And Ilsa could symbolize a desperate Europe, who's only hope is in America. There are striking similarities between the characters and the world at the time of World War II.	When combined, the acting, the original and complex story, the clever writing, Casablanca holds all the elements of a classic film. It has entertained audiences for years and therefore transcends time. Though Casablanca may be for a more mature movie goer, it is worth seeing if your ready to be weaned off of Hollywood's recycled movies. There is a very good reason why Casablanca is one of the most quoted movies in film history, and that reason should compel everyone to see a piece of American history. Or, `You'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.'