Some Like It Hot

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  • Director: Billy Wilder
  • United States, 1959
  • 2 stars out of 5

What is it with Billy Wilder movies? For me, only the unprecedented content made The Apartment stand out. Now I find that this highly esteemed comedy does very little for me either.

Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe deliver some reasonably fizzy dialogues; there are lots of lukewarm references to old gangster flicks; the finale suggests an unusually tolerant attitude towards cross-dressing. But what else, dare I ask?

Some Like It Hot is very watchable and occasionally fun. But should a movie’s reputation rest on one-liners, or an isolated memorable scene? I mean, maybe it broke the mould in 1959, but today it just seems mouldy.

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