The classic

Rating: 10/10 (30 September 1999)

This movie defines classic cinema. It has romance, intrigue, comedy, everything. It has become so entrenched in today's society, that it's surprising to think that this film was just considered another film when first released.
Humphrey Bogart truly gives his best performance ever. Ingird Bergman is stunning and gorgeous, and Paul Henried is very suave and sophisticated (I wonder if he worked with Hitchcock.) Claude Rains is at his best. He was probably the greatest character actor ever.
While not technically brilliant, is it rock solid (with the exception of the train scene. The rain is everywhere, and when they-Rick and Sam, walk on the train, everything is all of the sudden dry.)
It's interesting the sides taken for or against this film. If I like it, than I am accused of jumping on the "Classic bandwagon". If I don't like it, than I'm the backlash. Oh well. I love everything about this film, this film which defines classic and is everything a movie should be.