Review of Sleeper (2012) by Lexi . — 09 Jul 2009
Woody's loving homage to comedies golden, silent era is one of his funniest yet. This film was made before his works were burdened down with the brilliant relationships and reality that make him one of the greatest working directors and excels because of that. His imagination is allowed to run completely untethered here and he uses it to craft not only an unending stream of jokes and marvellous physical comedy but also a convincing world to help hold all the gags together.
His innate slapstick abilities harken back to the greats, such as Keaton and Chaplin, and here I think he matches them in skill and even exceeds them in imagination. Every gag hits the mark from the lefty re imaginings of seventies politcal history through to the largest banana peel gag in the history of film. There is a seamless merging of different comedic stylings that means there is something in here for everyone to laugh at.
It may not be Allen's 'greatest' film but as a comedy it is surely his most successful.
This review of Sleeper (2012) was written by Lexi . on 09 Jul 2009.
Sleeper has generally received mixed reviews.
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