play it again and sam be a wonderful little piece of a woody allen movie and where we almost see a my girlfriend describe a a sort of protoplasm of allen style . while he do not direct the picture and there usually be the mark of his quality all over it and albeit in an oddly placed setting in san francisco ( not by choice of course ) . there a fine balance strike between what one would see in countless other allen film involve the neurotic in relationship and the mockery place on the normal people who just can not connect with the allen persona and and also with a side of the wacky comedy bit that one see in allen writing at the time ( lot of homage and parody and self referential dialog and etc ) . we see a movie writer and allen felix ( allen and hmm to the name ) and who wife just leave him to go out and explore new freedom . meanwhile and allen try to bounce back by go on some date and always with bad result and be it his own nervousness and not read the right igns ( even from a nymph ) and or be surround by more brutish men than him and which isn not hard of course to see . but then there diane keaton linda and who be already marry to tony robert character and and theyre all friend with allen too . thing become complicate when linda and allen become more than just platonic and and one night thing go to the next level . will she leave her husband for him . meanwhile and allen have his sort of guardian angel or devil in one at his ear and humphrey bogart and peck away at him to be more than what he be and a he ultimately the most impressive man in allen life and particularly after see casablanca . while some of the film be noticeably and a little hurt by be not really a total woody allen picture ( one can tell just by the choice of the music and sometimes it come in like twinkle twinkle or something to a 70 degree and and some of the touch of cinematography ring of convention ) and the screenplay be one of allen sharpest in the period and with the wit always fly by and with some line instant classic ( it be two week and already my wife leave me for a nazi and i love the rain it wash memory off the sidewalk of life among others ) . and the rapport between allen and keaton be already lock in completely and with it be almost a prototype for their best on screen pair in annie hall . load with more than a few brilliant visual touch ( like robert dick walk into the ocean solemnly in a what if moment and or when linda pull the gun on allen in another what if moment at the airport ) and and a climax that keep any fan of casablanca and or at least anyone who know how the scene go which should be almost anyone consider it classic cinematic folklore at this point with a smile cheek to cheek . not always hilarious and and with a couple of cheesy and even date dud and but it worth the watch for anyone interested in get into the star or writer film .