A Brilliant Classic Love Story!

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2008)

Of all the films of the last 100 years, Casablanca is still regarded as the ultimate love story up there with Gone with the Wind but it's different. Casablanca didn't have the same expectations as Gone with the Wind. It was filmed in Hollywood during World War II and nowhere near the danger in Northern Africa or Europe at the time. Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart are two star-crossed former lovers who reunite again. The film has Ingrid's character, Elsa, married to Claude Rains's character on the way out of Casablanca to safe. Bogart plays the American club owner with the famous line of "Play it again, Sam." Music and love brings the two lovers together. We can't forget the ultimate supporting cast that includes Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and others in this classic film. The writing, acting, and film is all together first rate.