What’s Up Doc? [Blu-ray]
What’s Up, Doc? joyously recaptures the bubbly style of 1930s screwball comedies – and firmly establishes Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal as a romantic duo uniquely endearing in screen history. Included are a daffy luggage mixup plot, dippy dialogue exchanges, a marvelous example of the art of hotel-room demolition and one of the funniest chase sequences ever, all over San Francisco. Dexterously written with a surefooted sense of the ridiculous by Buck Henry, David Newman and Robert Benton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich with giddy affection and cast with awesomely hilarious players (including film-debuting Madeline Kahn), What’s Up, Doc? is no idle question. Among comedy movies, it’s the top.Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) tipped his hat to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and especially the most glorious of them all, Howard Hawks’ Bringing Up Baby. Barbra Streisand plays a charming flake who distracts a self-absorbed musicologist (Ryan O’Neal). He’s engaged to be married, but soon Streisand’s character has him chasing after stolen jewelry and getting into one madcap fix after another. Bogdanovich, who is also a film critic, understands the engine of the screwball genre, and his loving revival of the form brings a smile, though it is not quite consistently inspired or funny. There are plenty of great moments, however, including a slap at O’Neal’s own star-making vehicle, Love Story. –Tom Keogh
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars i
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5 Stars Whats Up Doc!
Just perfect. A slapstick delight and wild romp from beginning to end.
A good fun movie for all the family. Dont ask, just get it!
5 Stars Excellent comedy!
I saw this movie with my grandmother back in 1972 in a theater–she laughed so hard she nearly fell on the floor! It is so nice to be able to watch it now, any time I want. Great movie. If you’ve ever been to San Francisco it is even funnier. And the bonus is you can let your kids (or your grandmother) watch it without editing! No swearing or sex! They don’t make ‘em like this anymore!
5 Stars Funny Movie
This was a very funny movie that I for some reason never got the chance to see. Worth seeing. Whatever happened to good clean fun in the movies? Why does today’s Hollywood have to jam sleeze down our throats that they somehow think will make us laugh and come away feeling good instead of guilty? This movie was entertaining and fun, sometimes silly, but you come away feeling you want to laugh like that again. An oldie but goodie! Yes, the oldies are often better.
3 Stars Cute and Funny
The movie was cute, and entertaining, although it dragged out toward the end. Barbara Streissand is a surprisingly good actor and by far the star of the movie. I give this movie a B-.
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