Sleeper

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R T @crillovision 1d Very funny but more a brilliant sci-fi excursion overall touching on every corner of the genre - cloning, artificial intelligence, lots of robots, and a 1984 (the book) type society. And the unforgettable orgasmatron which has pretty much replaced sex. The music is pure dixieland which is near perfect for the many slapstick segments and Woody takes spills, falls, collisions and spit takes from the start to the finish. In a lot of ways this flick is the purgative for anyone who sat through Kubrick's achingly dull "2001'' Slightly more focused than "Take the Money and Run" but also much more challenging overall and the first time through you wonder how much more can be crammed in the twists and turns. Diane Keaton is beyond beautiful here too. See more Andrei U @RT90280993 Jul 10 A sillier-than-average Woody Allen outing, this one proves that predicting the future is harder than landing a punchline. Its futuristic vision has aged like yesterday's newspaper, but the gags and light political satire remain surprisingly spry. Sprinkle in the usual Allen cocktail of anxiety and lust, and you get a pleasant diversion that never quite reaches the top shelf, yet makes spending time with a 50-year-old movie feel like time well spent. Oh, and Keaton is charming. See more Ben W @Username618 Jun 17 Tried to watch it again recently- the music is quite annoying. Also watching a Jacques Tati boxed set- much more the thing, sorry. See more Friendly D @JamesT519 Feb 13 Absolutely hilarious for the first hour, then runs out of ideas and Diane Keaton gets a bit annoying. Shame, otherwise it might have been a classic. See more Alan F @redsox09 01/22/2025 It’s as relevant today as was when it was released. I just wish I could stream it. I don’t want to have to buy a DVD player just for Woody Allen but I will if I have to😃 See more Wayne K @WayneKelso 10/19/2023 Before he had his real cinematic breakthrough with Annie Hall in 1977, Woody Allen directed and co-wrote Sleeper, a slapstick dystopian satire set mostly in the Allen mould. As a performer, Allen is definitely not to everyone's tastes. His weedy, garrulous, perpetually insecure onscreen persona certainly rubs many, myself included, the wrong way. He can be very funny at times, but you can only listen to his rueful ramblings for so long before you want to punch him. In Sleeper, he performs something of a balancing act, wringing most of the comedy out of his trademark verbal wit, but also chucks in a few segments which pay obvious homage to the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers. These moments don't always hit, but its nice to see Allen trying something different, not to mention giving the audience a break. Diane Keaton doesn't make the same impact she would make in the aforementioned Annie Hall, but her and Allen work well off each other. It makes some funny and insightful points about dystopias, dictatorships and oppressive police states, but the film is, first and foremost, an Allen picture, so much of it is spent listening to extended routines from a man whose onscreen character is invariable built around being jealous and whiny. It wisely keeps the runtime short and doesn't go off on too many bizarre tangents, so it's unlikely you'll be too bored watching it. Allen has written better scripts and given better performances, but for those who want to see him doing something a little different, Sleeper might just be the films you're looking for. See more Read all reviews

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