To Have and Have Not

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Summary: a totally different movie from Casablanca
Review: No movie has ever had the profound impact on me that this one has. There's no acting in their scenes together, you can just feel how they love each other, especially in the last scene. But the rest of the movie is a fake as it gets. The character of Eddie is simply unrealistic, someone who came out of a kid's cartoon. The same goes for every single other person, the villain is comic book material. The sets also don't always give the correct atmosphere of real WW2 Martinique. Even the Hemmingway story is just too simple to be enjoyed in any more than the most superficial of movie-watching ways. Plus the language ("you're just a stinker") is so dated it feels like it's from another planet. The frighteningly real chemistry between the stars and contained within the excellent script, set against the fairy-tale story, can only combine to give the impression that no love as beautiful as that could ever exist outside of fiction. This is a belief my currently pessimistic views on life are very willing to accept, and when it is as well presented as it is here, it must become my favorite movie. I hope you will enjoy it too.

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Summary: Listen pal, you'll fall in love with Bacall in this one
Review: This is Bogie and Bacall at thier best. From sultry dialogue to smoke filled scenes in Bogie's private office, this one has it all. When Bogie looks Bacall up and down at first sight, one has the feeling he likes what he sees. And appearently he did too. This is one noir classic that is a must see and have. A resemblance to Casablanca is certainly there but this one has a different twist to it. A different feel is more like it. This time it is the here and now and not just flashbacks in Bogie's mind. He is hot for his "Slim" and must have her at all costs. They make interesting study in their seemingly "devil may care" attitudes towards each other, revealing only hints of what might really be in their minds. When I look at Bacall, I know what is in mine. Of all the dames in all the movies in all the world, I'm glad she decided to be in this one. Do yourself a favor paly, buy this one for keeps.

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Summary: You'll learn how to whistle
Review: Classic entertainment! This is a very enjoyable film that features Humphrey Bogart as a sailor who gets involved in the French Resistance, Lauren Bacall in her film debut as a singer/thief and lots of crisp dialogue. If you've never seen this film, you're missing out on some legendary Bogie/Bacall magic.

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Summary: To Have and Have Not is cinematic literature.
Review: One movie reviewer calls "To Have and Have Not" Hemingway's worst novel. A more apt assesment would be that it is a very good novel, but somehow EH's least popular one. Sometimes a movie and the book on which it is based are inextricably connected, as if the picture is an extension of the force that produced the book in the first place. Some read the book, some see the movie, but the ones who do both are quite richly blessed with the experience of seeing the book dramatized perhaps in the same way the writer dramatized it in his mind during the writing. We now consider the motion picture a literary genre, and that is just about right.

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Summary: "You know how to whistle, don't you......?"
Review: I can't say enough about this movie.I first saw it as a teenager, and I enjoyed, but watching it again a few days ago, I was able to appreciate it even more.Absolutely timeless, gets better with each viewing.Bogart is his usual brilliant self, Bacall is breathtaking and eternally stylish.Great dialogue ("...one of you is going to take a beating for nothin', and I don't care which one... we'll start with you..."), top-notch stars, excellent cinematography.....I feel silly saying it, but they really don't make 'em like this anymore.....too bad.(Are you listening Quentin Tarantino....?)

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Summary: What Dialogue!
Review: For whatever reason, I was taken aback by how much I enjoyed To Have and Have Not the first time I saw it, and every subsequent viewing has left just as strong an impression. It's the dialogue that gets me each time. It's witty, smart, wry, and in the capable hands of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, it's a treat to hear. Bogart gives a relaxed, assured performance that ranks with his best, and Bacall is a lot of fun in her first film, mixing sexiness and humour with a quiet vulnerability. Walter Brennan, very good as Bogart's drunk sidekick, adds to the story. There's not a whole lot to the plot, but there is a lot of chemistry, and when mixed with the great dialogue, the viewer gets to sit back and just enjoy the show that Bogart and Bacall put on.

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Summary: Possibly my favorite Bogart
Review: The reason why I say that this film is "possibly" my favorite Bogart is that it is an excellent film, but one of many excellent Bogart films. The dialogue is wonderful as is the story and the acting, but what really makes this film shine is the relationship between Bogart and Bacall. They are perfect together, absolutely perfect. If you want to see one of the great love stories ever put on film, and one of the few films superior to the original novel, you must see _To Have and Have Not_.

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Summary: Classic Chemistry, Great Movie.
Review: I actually like the book, but the movie (while not taking much from the Hemingway story) is even better.

First, this movie draws heavily from the films Casablanca and Only Angels Have Wings. The first of these is well known, but this movie has even more in common with Only Angels Have Wings, which is itself a classic Howard Hawks Film. While lesser known (mostly because it was released the same year as gone with the wind, the wizard of oz, and high sierra) it is also a classic. Whole sections of dialogue were lifted for to have and have not.

to have and have not offers the greatest on screen chemistry between a leading man and lady ever. the story is often given short shrift, but is well crafted and offers enough twists and turns to keep the viewer intrigued while bacall lights up the screen in her debut. All the supporting players do great jobs, and the camera work is inspired. Bogart's burnt romantic never came into sharper focus than it does here.

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Summary: To Have and Have Not
Review: The Sexy Lauren Bacall Keeps you riveted to the screen with her incredible visual effects and wity and sexy one liners. Bogie is great, but my attention was directed at the incredible talent of Lauren Bacall. No one past present or future has or will capture that look. After watching her I look like Don King! Fabulous!

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Summary: Review of To Have and Have Not
Review: When I saw this movie I was 20 years old. When Bogey was pursued by Bacall "All you have to do is ask me", I wished I could put myself in Bogey's place to have Bacall pursue me. The movie had a lot of action in it and your attention to the story never stops. Walter Brennan's acting was excellent as a wino. I'll never forget Bacall's words to Bogey in their most famous love scene in his hotel room - "You don't have to act with me Steve. You don't have to say anything or do anything. Or maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you Steve. You just put your lips together and blow." She closes the door and Bogey practices a nice long whistle. I copied the movie audio on to a cassette and play it in the car while driving.