Sleeper

Name: Sleeper
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy
Released: December 17, 1973
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Diane Keaton, Woody Allen

1973

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Movie Details & Credits

United Artists | Release Date: December 17, 1973 | TV-14

Starring: Diane Keaton, Woody Allen

Summary: A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Comedy

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 89 min

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Vincent Canby

There are some comparatively calm spots in the film, here and there, but they don't count. If anything, they allow you to catch your breath. Sleeper is terrific. Read full review

Judith Crist

In his fourth movie, Allen comes into his own as a filmmaker, providing us with the comedy of the year. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Sleeper 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. Read full review

Time Out London Staff (Not Credited)

Plenty of one-liners, and it has the best banana-skin joke in film history. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Sleeper is a highly inventive science fiction parody that is typical of Allen's tight, well-edited movies. Costumes by Joel Schumacher are excellent. Read full review

Gene Siskel

Sleeper has plenty of bald spots, lacks the inspired silent comedy of Take the Money and Run, but, these days, comedy beggars can't be choosers. Read full review

Pauline Kael

It's a very even work, with no thudding bad lines and no low stretches, but it doesn't have the loose, manic highs of some of Allen's other films.

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alejandro970

Oct 6, 2020

A love letter, written with the fist and letter of Woody Allen, directed to the fiction genre and with obvious nods to George Orwell, in which he envisions a not very encouraging future. An example of what Allen possessed in his early days as an actor-director.

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eva3si0n

Feb 24, 2023

Sleeper is Woody Allen's satirical comedy on most of the dystopia of its time. But all this is done mediocre. Sleeper is a corny boring film that is no surprise. The jokes are noticeable, the scenes are unassuming. Modern society of the 23rd century looks somehow cheap and unrealistic.Sleeper is Woody Allen's satirical comedy on most of the dystopia of its time. But all this is done mediocre. Sleeper is a corny boring film that is no surprise. The jokes are noticeable, the scenes are unassuming. Modern society of the 23rd century looks somehow cheap and unrealistic. Sleeper is a mediocre film that fails the time test. It became obsolete and remained in the 70s. Why he is recognized as one of the greatest comedy is not clear to me, apparently the joke with the orgasm booth made me so laugh. I can't advise this film to anyone to watch, well, unless you are a big fan of Woody Allen's work.… Expand

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