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What's Up, Doc?

1972 · 94 min

A giddy, breathless romp of mistaken bags and escalating chaos, carried by rapid-fire banter and slapstick set pieces that never let up.

Tagline
A screwball comedy. Remember them?
Overview
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • mystery
  • crime
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour9
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, romance
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
Written by
Robert Benton, David Newman, Buck Henry
Starring
Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Michael Murphy, Philip Roth, Sorrell Booke
Cinematography
László Kovács
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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