A cynical club owner navigates old flames and wartime intrigue in a city steeped in melancholy romance.
Romantic and suspenseful. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
Mild language and nothing scary, about what a PG should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
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In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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