Some Like It Hot (1959)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 119 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon
IMDb score:
8,2 (308.404)
Releasedate: 19 March 1959
Some Like It Hot plot
"Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions... Tony Curtis... Jack Lemmon..."
Two musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) witness a mob hit and try to get out of town as quickly as possible before they are found and killed by the mafia. To escape, they dress up as women and travel to Florida as a member of a female band. There they face all kinds of new problems, such as an attractive bandmate (Marilyn Monroe).
Actors and actresses
Joe / Josephine
Jerry / Daphne
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Spats Colombo
Detective Mulligan
Osgood Fielding III
Little Bonaparte
Sweet Sue
Sig Poliakoff
Toothpick Charlie
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 6284 messages
- 2594 votes
Although this film is considered an absolute classic (named the funniest American comedy of all time by the American Film Institute in 2000), I never fell for it. A matter of personal taste: with Monroe I have never been able to see beyond the sex appeal, Curtis is meaningless and Lemmon an annoying and unfunny actor. In recent years, however, I've looked at all of them with new eyes, as it were: Monroe thanks to her great role in The seven year itch, Curtis via The persuaders, and Lemmon through fantastic roles. in The apartment and Days of wine and roses, which gave me new appreciation for all three. And because in recent years I have also come to feel more and more related to the films, the style and the theme of Billy Wilder, I have once again put Some like it hot in the player, and as could be predicted, I liked it considerably better now: magnificent interpretations, perfect exchanges of funny one-liners, an irresistible Monroe, a fast pace and above all an excellent and traditionally crafted script that finds just the right balance between all those elements. Hats off to all the mentioned (and unnamed, of course, like millionaire Joe E. Brown and fellow screenwriter IAL Diamond).
And about Monroe, there's a scene where she's leaning out of her couch, and it's incomprehensible that the amount of cleavage she shows along with it passed movie screening in 1959 — even in our bold twenty-first. century it is still a ravishing sight. I often think of Cybill Shepherd's beautiful words about Monroe: "She had curves in places most other women don't even have places." 
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IH88
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- 9903 messages
- 3205 votes
“Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.”
Nice classic that impresses especially in the first part. The part in the train is legendary and is full of comical situations and sharp dialogues. The trio Curtis, Lemmon and Monroe do an excellent job, although I started to find Lemmon a bit annoying at a certain point.
The story has a lot of potential that is not fully exploited. Especially the second part in Florida sometimes feels very long-winded and monotonous. Fortunately, the beautiful Marilyn Monroe manages to hold the attention. The ending is fantastic and above all hilarious. The scenes with the gangsters aren't really exciting, but I don't think that was the intention either. They sure are funny. I'm glad I saw Some Like It Hot, because it's a funny classic and also an ode to icon Marilyn Monroe.
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Duke Nukem
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- 1837 messages
- 2030 votes
This is indeed a very nice movie from the 50's. The duo Curtis and Lemon have a good chemistry and Marilyn Monroe is sensitive, vulnerable but also sensual and daring at the same time. Billy Wilder has made some cool films, among which I especially like The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Seven Year Itch (1955) - also with Marilyn - the best.
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