Here's Lookin' at You Kid

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2011)

I don't know that it's possible for a 19 year old kid to say anything new about this movie. Is it a classic? Ehhh, maybe but probably not since i'm going to have a hard time stretching this review out to 10 lines. Luckily, Bogart's performance gives me something to talk about because, as always, his acting is captivating. Without he and Bergman this film would fall flat. The romance is pretty cheesy and formulaic. Plug in any attractive blonde and she could play Ilsa and any big brute of a man could play Laszlo. Hell, the fact that Peter Lorre's character was more interesting than Laszlo speaks volumes to the nature of this film. It's a good movie without a doubt but i just don't get the common tag of greatest film of all time. The only thing really stopping me from giving this movie lower than a 7 is Bogart. He just draws you in as an actor and i can't remember the last bad film i watched with him in it.