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What's Up Doc? (1972)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:28

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Barbra Streisand was never more likable than in this energetic, often hilarious screwball farce from director Peter Bogdanovich.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Trouble seems to follow know-it-all Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand) wherever she goes. This time it takes the form of Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), a musicologist attending a convention where... Trouble seems to follow know-it-all Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand) wherever she goes. This time it takes the form of Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), a musicologist attending a convention where he's competing for a grant that will allow him to study the musical properties of certain igneous rocks. Judy pursues Howard despite his protests, and his overbearing fiancée, Eunice Burns (Madeline Kahn), begins to question his motives. To make matters more confusing, there are four identical plaid overnight cases circulating through the Bristol Hotel: one contains diamonds and jewelry, another holds top-secret government files, a third is filled with Judy's clothes, and the fourth, Howard's rocks. As the hotel detective tries to steal the case of jewelry, an agent hunts the man who holds the secret papers, while the last two suitcases naturally find their way into the wrong hands in this caper-of-errors. After a sidesplitting chase through the streets of San Francisco, the entire mess gets sorted out in the courtroom of a tense judge who just happens to know Judy all too well. Madeline Kahn's film debut, this madcap adventure is directed by Peter Bogdanovich (PAPER MOON, MASK). [More]

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Sorrell Booke, Stefan Gierasch, Mabel Albertson, Michael Murphy

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Producer: Peter Bogdanovich
Composer: Artie Butler

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It’s never quite as tight or fierce as the original screwballers, but is fizzy and loveable and always worth watching.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/02/09
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

Bogdanovich has delivered a film with energy, wit, and a madcap pace that is well worth watching.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/02/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Never less than entertaining and is sometimes side-splittingly hilarious.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
10/29/08
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

This picture is a total smash.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
Variety Staff
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07/05/08
Cole Smithey
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Enjoyable thanks to the fine use of San Francisco locations and an agreeably nutty Barbra Streisand.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/06/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Hilarious live cartoon directed by Bogdanovich with sexy, silly turn by Streisand, and equally funny O'Neal and Kahn.

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03/02/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Energetic contemporary takeoff on the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s.

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02/13/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A homage to Hollywood screwball comedy that by and large gets its pace and cartoon/slapstick timings right.

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06/24/06
Time Out

a fun, nostalgic trip to the screwball comedy days of old Hollywood featuring Striesand at her most likable

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10/01/05
Eric Melin
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09/21/05
Michael Szymanski
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08/05/05
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07/05/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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90 easy minutes of big laughs

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06/14/05
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

The strength of a movie like this, of course, is that you don't have to believe too much for too long, because there's something else happening.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Not successful as a screwball update; it manages instead to create a considerable diversion despite itself.

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06/04/04
Jake Euker
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03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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