1972 · comedy · romance · supernatural
Play It Again, Sam
Directed by Herbert Ross1h 25m1972
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
Our read: Play It Again, Sam (1972) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive comedy · romance · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
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