Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Sleeper is the closest Allen has come to classic slapstick-and-chase comedy, and he's good at it.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
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The film is loaded with throwaway literacy and broad slapstick, and while it fumbles the end, the parade of verbal and visual amusement is pleasant as long as it lasts.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
20 May 2005
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Plenty of one-liners, and it has the best banana-skin joke in film history.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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As a stand-up routine it's a scream.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
4 Jun 2007
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These days, comedy beggars can't be choosers. Woody Allen is about all we've got. And Woody, please stay healthy.