Review of Casablanca (1943) by Mahmus — 25 Sep 2020

This is a movie that you simply must watch.

It's the perfect combination of things you would expect from 40's Hollywood, but no movie embodied that old Hollywood feel better than this one. If it ever feels clichéd (and it does), there's a big chance this movie started that cliché.

It can feel dated, but there's still a lot of power to it. An entire bar playing "La Marseillaise" to drown out the sounds of a group of nazis is as powerful as you can get while still maintaining just the right amount of Hollywood sentimentalism. And it all works wonderfully.