The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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A Night in Casablanca
Comedy · 1946
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Movie details
A Night in Casablanca
“100 Girls! 1,000 Scenes! 10,000 Laffs!”
1946 Comedy 1h 25m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over A Night in Casablanca?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Written by
Joseph Fields · Roland Kibbee
Groucho Marx
Ronald Kornblow
Harpo Marx
Rusty
Chico Marx
Corbaccio
Charles Drake
Lt. Pierre Delmar
Lois Collier
Annette
Sig Ruman
Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel
Lisette Verea
Beatrice Rheiner
Court is in session
Put A Night in Casablanca on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.