Casablanca

As time goes by... The most beautiful fate woman and the most charismatic cynic collided once and events occurred that changed not only the world around them, but also the world within them. And when it was revealed how small the whole world can be fatefully, the consequences were no less serious. I ​​want to experience my own Casablanca and I want to become part of such a timeless duo. Even though I will never be Bogart and I will never be able to demonstrate courage and humanity so fundamentally. So feel free to curse clichés as you like. Because they all have their beginning and it is right here. In Casablanca, where refugees from all corners of the world flee during World War II... (03/06/2005)

So now I've got this cult masterpiece under my belt as well. Nice. Really. A very well done romantic film that seemed to catch a lot of tears from romantic souls in the middle of the last century :-) Well, it didn't get mine because it didn’t end up the way I wanted it to. I did think that Ingrid Bergman overacted here and there and I had to chuckle at it, which probably spoiled the overall impression a bit. But why not? For film geeks, this should be required reading. (17/03/2009)

A film that reeks of sentimentality just like its title. Casablanca, the gateway to paradise and a better tomorrow, away from the horrors of war and the deadly Nazi tentacles. Casablanca, Bogart and Bergman, whose paths had previously diverged, but fateful attraction and the events around them tighten the noose again. Casablanca, a happy ending as inevitable as Adolf Hitler's fate after the Normandy landings. Casablanca, I am under its spell, I admire the performance of the mesmerizing Bogart and the beauty of Ingrid Bergman, I devour every line of dialogue and the notion of a film classic comes to me literally from every shot and cut. The film ends and I rate it with four stars, not because I see in it a cult classic, a dazzling idea or a creative revolution, but simply because I found so very pleasant to watch, that the sentimentality did not tarnish the final quality and that Casablanca is..... well, in short, a very special place:-) 80% (25/08/2013)

After watching the movie I had a persistent feeling that I checked off one of the classics, but it left no mark on my soul. It left nothing in me at all. And I don’t getwhy a Czech nationalist would appreciate one of the characters who has a Czech passport, but also a hell of a Hungarian name. But mostly, I appreciate the fact that during the war local bohemians managed to film such a distinct spy movie which they immediately combined with romance and love so that the Gestapo wouldn’t look for some secret meaning. However, not counting the awesomeness of the movie, I feel a great deal of naivety typical for the time period. The naivety which characterizes this cinematography is, truthfully, alien to me. (09/01/2017)

The naive political background and lack of chemistry between the central duo bothered me. Although I really like Bergman, she isn’t convincing at all here and it is probably impossible to believe that Rick and Elsa were ever bonded by fateful, undying love. In my opinion Bogart always belonged, belongs and will belong to Bacall or Grahame. This is a quality picture, but one of the more standard Bogart movies. (21/01/2005)