What's Up, Doc?

1972

Action / Comedy / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 43 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 29537 29.5K

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Plot summary

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Director

Peter Bogdanovich Photo
Peter Bogdanovich

Top cast

Madeline Kahn Photo
Madeline Kahn as Eunice Burns
Stan Ross Photo
Stan Ross as Musicologist
Jerry Summers Photo
Jerry Summers as Smith's Cab Driver
Jack Perkins Photo
Jack Perkins as Jewel Thief
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862.65 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
G
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 11
1.56 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
G
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 56

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

I'm really not a fan of screwball humour

I'm really not a fan of screwball humour, and after the first five minutes of this perfectly choreographed series of synchronised improbabilities, accompanied by a downright irritating characterisation of "Judy" by Barbra Streisand, I fully expected to hate this film. Once it's settled down, though, and Madeline Kahn gets to grips with her equally exasperating persona, I did really start to feel that geeky rock guy "Howard" (Ryan O'Neal) was completely out of his depth as these two women took hold of his life and made every effort to trash it. Right from the start, we know that there's a sub-plot involving a tartan holdall, well four of them, and with some underhand shenanigans going on to obtain one of those that must contain something secret we now have the ingredients for some slapstick chaos that provides one of the best "Wacky Races" style car chases through San Francisco with nobody safe! There's an engaging chemistry between Streisand and O'Neal and it does remind you that before she started obsessing about how people pronounce her surname, she had really good comedy timing to go with her belting voice. Though the denouement isn't exactly a shock, there are plenty of twists and turns en route to keep this entertaining romp quite watchable almost fifty years later and it showcases nicely the skills of O'Neal as a perfect foil, too.
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Reviewed by moonspinner55 9 / 10

"I know how you feel, mister...I hate it when my igneous rocks are even touched!"

Delicious, rapid-fire screwball romp. Barbra Streisand (looking radiant) plays a freeloading kook who brings havoc and chaos to everyone in San Francisco. Peter Bogdanovich has directed a true comic gem, with absent-minded professor Ryan O'Neal the perfect foil for Barbra's nuttiness; Madeline Kahn in a fizzy, frantic debut as O'Neal's domineering fiancée; Austin Pendleton terrific as Mr. Larrabee, who spells out fun ("F.U.N."); Kenneth Mars hilarious as O'Neal's primping, preening competitor for the Larrabee Grant. In the days before cable-TV and VHS rentals, "What's Up, Doc?" played theatrically for a couple of years. Obviously in love with classic cinema, Bogdanovich turns out to be a real audience-pleaser of his own; he masterfully sets up gags that might otherwise be corny or familiar and gives them a fresh, groovy spin. ***1/2 from ****

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