
Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots.... (Full plot summary below)
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Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots.
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| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenSlapstick is still alive in Allen's futuristic vision in which the auteur awakes to a world comically set 200 years in the future. |
| Tim Dirks' The Greatest FilmsTim DirksSleeper (1973) is Woody Allen's science-fiction satirical comedy classic and screwball comedy about the future - with Dixieland and swing music. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSleeper establishes Woody Allen as the best comic director and actor in America, a distinction that would mean more if there were more comedies being made. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Judith CristIn his fourth movie, Allen comes into his own as a filmmaker, providing us with the comedy of the year. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyThere are some comparatively calm spots in the film, here and there, but they don't count. If anything, they allow you to catch your breath. Sleeper is terrific. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeGood early Allen just before he became great. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullPound for pound and minute for minute, Sleeper may just have more laughs in it than any other Woody Allen movie. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceAllen's investigation of a "cosmic screwing" registers Kubrickian sci-fi |
| EmpireAndrew CollinsA clarinet player who also runs a health food store is frozen and brought back in the future by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempts to overthrow an oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world that has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelSleeper has plenty of bald spots, lacks the inspired silent comedy of Take the Money and Run, but, these days, comedy beggars can't be choosers. |