Featured Audience Ratings

• Bob S

  
  "There's not much to see actually. We're inside a Chinese dragon." Kinda like Bringing Up Baby meets one of those 70s's Alka Seltzer commercials - with Babs. A funny, silly movie.

• xGary X

  
  A kooky stranger in the shape of Barbra Streisand attaches herself to a stuffy music professor and through a series of coincidences become involved in a plot to steal a case of priceless jewels and some secret government files. What's Up Doc? is one of those kinds of comedies… More
  A kooky stranger in the shape of Barbra Streisand attaches herself to a stuffy music professor and through a series of coincidences become involved in a plot to steal a case of priceless jewels and some secret government files. What's Up Doc? is one of those kinds of comedies that busts a gut to be quirky and likeable, but in its attempt to emulate the effortlessly amusing "screwball" comedies of the 1940s it falls rather short. It actually seems rather more dated than the films it is clearly trying to copy (Bringing Up Baby being the most obvious influence) and the chemistry between a very lost looking Ryan O'Neill and Streisand is glaring in its absence; he just comes across as a joyless prig and her fascination with him is almost as bemusing as his seemingly instant change of heart where it comes to his romantic interest in her. The humour is in the usual formulaic farce of mistaken identities, pie-throwing and characters constantly running in and out of identical doors and it all seems rather tired and try-hard. Occasionally mildly amusing, but Neil Simon did this kind of thing with a lot more wit.

• Lucas M

  
  Energetic screwball comedy that resurrect the genre from 30's hilarious pictures and pay a homage to Warner Bros. cartoons.

• Jens S

  
  Classic 70s chaos comedy about a girl called trouble and four identical bags with very different contents. The mix up and chase after these bags still belongs to the most hysterical pieces of comedy Hollywood ever delivered. The fun being, that the film takes itself and its characters… More
  Classic 70s chaos comedy about a girl called trouble and four identical bags with very different contents. The mix up and chase after these bags still belongs to the most hysterical pieces of comedy Hollywood ever delivered. The fun being, that the film takes itself and its characters entirely serious, the actors being accordingly convincing, even though they are all totally mental and it's all so very silly. What follows are the funniest car chase and the funniest court scene ever. A riot.

• Dean M

  
  Superb zany, riotous slapstick comedy of the 1970s! It makes me can't stop laughing heaps. Silly, simple and superficial, with no lowbrow, leering takes or hidden moral messages lurking, "What's Up, Doc?" is pure, unadulterated fun. Bugs Bunny should be proud.… More
  Superb zany, riotous slapstick comedy of the 1970s! It makes me can't stop laughing heaps. Silly, simple and superficial, with no lowbrow, leering takes or hidden moral messages lurking, "What's Up, Doc?" is pure, unadulterated fun. Bugs Bunny should be proud. Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal are my favourite comedy-romantic due uniquely endearing in screen history. Streisand delivers like a sniper and actually looks sexy and desirable and O'Neal is a perfect foil as an uptight college professor completely bamboozled by Streisand. Director Peter Bogdanovich's version of the car chase which closes the film is so tremendously funny and entertaining - that's my favourite scene.

• AJ V

  
  This is my favourite movie with Streisand, it's hilarious and has a great cast and director. It's an adventure comedy, and it's really fun, I highly recommend this movie.

• Pierluigi P

  
  Bogdanovich, an eloquent director but most important of all an avid cinephile, puts his love for the old screwball comedies in this wacky film that (of course) lacks the charm of the classics it was inspired by. some hilarious moments save the day.

• jay n

  
  I am Hugh. You are me? No, I am Hugh. Stop saying that!!

• Mark E

  
  Ultimate screwball rom-com..I can fully relate to Ryan O'Neill's character in this..bloody women!

• Alec B

  
  It's a great homage to screwball comedies. Streisand is at her least shrill, and she's actually pretty funny. Ryan O'Neal is a great opposite to her character and Madeline Kahn and Kenneth Mars are hysterical in their supporting roles. I always liked this as a kid, but… More
  It's a great homage to screwball comedies. Streisand is at her least shrill, and she's actually pretty funny. Ryan O'Neal is a great opposite to her character and Madeline Kahn and Kenneth Mars are hysterical in their supporting roles. I always liked this as a kid, but it still retains its humor as I have gotten older.

• Tom S

  
  There's a colorful, sight-gaggy Tati-ness to this that I liked, but also a nonsensical, madcap screwball-y quality that I didn't so much like.

• Sunil J

  
  I was expecting a lot more but Barbara Streisand was actually pretty charming as Judy. Ryan O'Neal was the bore and this movie probably would have been a lot better with a different lead man.

• Donna D

  
  Finally added this to my DVD collection! Another Bogdanovich movie that is so hilarious from beginning to end. It is so hilarious that I could not stop laughing. Shot in San Francisco, the story starts with Howard Banister played by Ryan O'neal and Judy or Burnsy played by… More
  Finally added this to my DVD collection! Another Bogdanovich movie that is so hilarious from beginning to end. It is so hilarious that I could not stop laughing. Shot in San Francisco, the story starts with Howard Banister played by Ryan O'neal and Judy or Burnsy played by Barbara Streisand are the best comedic duo. Not to mention miss prissy Eunice Burns played wonderfully by Madeline Kahn again. It all happens when 4 bags each containing different items get mixed up. The result ends up to a hilarious chase scene on trying to recover all bags to the owners. So much funny antics throughout the scene, it's a delight to watch and will surely cheer up your day. One of the best comedies of the century.

• Anthony V

  
  A great homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s with a script that's taught in film school.

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