Sleeper 1973

Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune: These days, comedy beggars can't be choosers. Woody Allen is about all we've got. And Woody, please stay healthy. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Sleeper is terrific. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: As a stand-up routine it's a scream. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Sleeper is the closest Allen has come to classic slapstick-and-chase comedy, and he's good at it. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Plenty of one-liners, and it has the best banana-skin joke in film history. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: The film is loaded with throwaway literacy and broad slapstick, and while it fumbles the end, the parade of verbal and visual amusement is pleasant as long as it lasts. Read more