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Sleeper

1973

Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory ...

7.0

16,964

Comedy. Sci-Fi. Romance After 200 years in hybernation, clarinet-playing health food store owner Miles Monroe wakens in 2174 in a police-controlled America that keeps watch on its citizens day and night.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] establishes Woody Allen as the best comic director and actor in America, a distinction that would mean more if there were more comedies being made (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It is paranoid, fantastic, and as rude as a ride on a New York subway (...) [It] is Woody's '2001' in terms of budget and fancy futuristic effects (...) An immensely funny film."	POS
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Reader	"These days, comedy beggars can't be choosers. Woody Allen is about all we've got. And Woody, please stay healthy."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"[It] is loaded with throwaway literacy and broad slapstick, and while it fumbles the end, the parade of verbal and visual amusement is pleasant as long as it lasts."	NEU
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Empire	"It may have been an arduous shoot (...) but the results continue to entertain even po-faced sci-fi fans. It's better than bloody' Spaceballs'. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Plenty of one-liners, and it has the best banana-skin joke in film history."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Cox Telegraph	"A lesson that the pursuits of making art and making a complete idiot out of yourself are not mutually exclusive."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Like most of Allen's movies, this one is better than the box-office receipts would indicate; it still looks good many years after it was shot (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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