Casablanca Overview

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2013)

After going on Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios "The Great Movie Ride" I knew that Casablanca needed to be next on my watch list. Perhaps one of the most beloved movies of all time, Michael Cortiz's "Casablanca" (1942) takes place during World War II in unoccupied Africa. Truly a timeless film, it has absolutely superb casting starting with Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Isla Lund. Filled with romance, personal tragedy and war, it covers anything any man or woman would want to see and stays with you for far longer than most movies. In my opinion, while it is an exceptionally well written show with dialog people are still quoting today, it is the acting that really makes it stand apart from others. It has a great story line but every single person involved with this film seems to have consumed themselves in a way that is not often found. They inhabit the role they are portraying and it just makes everything seem that much more real and that much easier to relate to!