Movie Magic

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2002)

Suspenseful and romantic noir of the "nice people stuck in exotic paradise with a bunch of thugs" variety rises above its genre and its propagandistic aspects with tight direction, beautiful photography, an engaging story, and one of the best casts ever. Bogart and Bergman's doomed love story is very effective, and there are some nice suspense scenes and very crisp dialogue in the best WB tradition. Lovely to look at and enter into, Casablanca is to be experienced again and again in doses large and small.