What’s Up Doc? isn’t an absolute masterpiece in the way that Bogdanovich’s other films from the early 1970s are, but it’s my favorite film from that period of his career. It’s light-hearted, fun, and easy to watch...

| May 16, 2024

Possibly Streisand's most ingratiating star turn in Peter Bogdanovich’s first-rate 1972 ode to screwball comedies.

| Jun 13, 2023

It's a unique, noble effort to recreate the comedy stylings of a bygone era, but it's never completely convincing.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 28, 2021

...a briskly-paced and often hilarious endeavor...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 16, 2020

In Bogdanovich's analytical twist on the genre, even joyous liberation leaves a huge mess.

| May 26, 2020

What's Up, Doc? naturally has a life of its own, but its inspiration is derived from other excellent comedies. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 5, 2019

The film builds on itself, gaining speed as it careens out-of-control toward its conclusion. Only a director in complete control can fashion something so effortlessly chaotic.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 2, 2018

Stands out as one of the great, if semi-forgotten comedy masterpieces of the 1970s.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 11, 2014

[VIDEO ESSAY] Barbara Streisand takes over the feminine human incarnation of Bugs Bunny's free-spirited cartoon character in Peter Bogdanovich's enthusiastic homage to the screwball comedy.

| Original Score: A+ | Feb 25, 2014

The result is a comedy made by a man who has seen a lot of movies, knows all the mechanics, and has absolutely no sense of humor.

| Feb 10, 2014

[A] hilarious homage to the screwball comedies of the 1930s by Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 10, 2014

A lot of fun for the whole family.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2010

No one is going to match Grant and Hepburn, but Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand give it the ol' college try in the criminally entertaining What's Up, Doc? [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 9, 2010

It's never quite as tight or fierce as the original screwballers, but is fizzy and loveable and always worth watching.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2009

Bogdanovich has delivered a film with energy, wit, and a madcap pace that is well worth watching.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2009

Never less than entertaining and is sometimes side-splittingly hilarious.

| Original Score: B | Oct 29, 2008

This picture is a total smash.

| Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 5, 2008

Enjoyable thanks to the fine use of San Francisco locations and an agreeably nutty Barbra Streisand.

| Mar 6, 2008

Hilarious live cartoon directed by Bogdanovich with sexy, silly turn by Streisand, and equally funny O'Neal and Kahn.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 2, 2008