Sleeper is a 1973 American futuristic SF comedy film, directed by Woody Allen and written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. The plot involves the adventures of the owner of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later in an ineptly led police state. The film contains many elements which parody notable works of science fiction and was made as a tribute to comedians Groucho marx and Bob Hope.

Sleeper received positive reviews, and currently holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "In Sleeper, Woody Allen's madcap futurist comedy, practically each joke and one-liner hits its target."

" Relying significantly on both the dictates and freedoms of science fiction, Allen uses Sleeper to lay bare the comic absurdity of a dystopian society 200 years into the future. But by further tapping into the genre’s potential, Allen also reflects back to a contemporary 1970s society whose values seem to be fragmenting and maybe even devolving: During the time while Sleeper was being written and produced, the world was engulfed in major political and social change. During 1973, the backdrop for Americans was a disintegration of authority and institutions about to tread the wake of the Watergate scandal to the unprecedented resignation of “law and order” president Richard Nixon.

In other words, after a summer of watching the Senate Watergate hearings on network television, American audiences needed something to laugh about. Judging by this film’s positive critical and popular reception, Allen’s sci-fi comedy set two centuries into the future apparently was remote enough in people’s minds to keep their thoughts turned away from the chaotic, surreal realities of 1973." (Pierre de Plume in his blog)