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Sleeper 88 minutes, United States (1973), PG
Average user rating (3.9 / 7 votes)

Essential early Allen - a sci-fi spoof that sees his neurotic nerd hero given the Rip Van Winckel treatment: frozen then brought back to life in 2174

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Sleeper: Allen's detractors usually target his conversational Manhattan comedies, accusing the director of an alienating verbosity. But ever since he started providing jokes for TV shows, his humour - even in written form - has been intrinsically visual. In fact he's an honours student in the school of slapstick, a qualification that informs his "earlier, funny films", as the famous jibe went...
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