When 2 musicians witness a mob-hit in Chicago, they flee the city under the guise of 2 female musicians in an all-girl band who are heading to Florida. Complications ensue when Jerry (or Daphne as he becomes known) gets some unwanted attention from a lecherous millionaire. Whereas Joe (under the name of Josephine) is doing everything he can to impress fellow band member Sugar (under the guise of a gentile frigid millionaire). This proves to be the least of their problems when the gangsters from Chicago eventually manage to track them down...
I've seen Some Like It Hot too many times to count, but it's one of those films that still rewards the viewer with each passing viewing. Although rewatching a classic is never going to quite hit home in the same way as it does on the first viewing, Some Like It Hot still has a very amusing storyline and wonderful central performances from Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
The slightly odd thing about this film is that it is pitched as a comedy, but contains a sub-plot involving gangsters bootlegging and bumping people off in order to set up its story. In some ways it's quite dark and shouldn't really work, but in this instance it does. Even though these gangsters are meant to be ruthless mobsters, for me they never quite come across as being as cruel or as mean as they could have been; this is mostly down to the interactions and banter that is exchanged between them and the other characters. Raft is superb as Spats Columbo and Harry Wilson as his dim-witted henchman is also responsible for plenty of laughs.
Monroe was famously difficult to work with on this film and her scene where she is talking to Junior on the phone where her eyes are darting around all over the place clearly show that she was reading her lines from some kind of teleprompter or autocue. Although this was a trying project for Wilder, I personally feel it was worth all the pain and anguish as the overall product here is so good and has left the world with a very satisfying and funny film.
The chase sequences at the end are top drawer and the film has one of the funniest and most memorable final lines in cinema history. In short, Some Like It Hot is the best of the best and even though it is now more than 60 years old it is still superb and is well worth seeing.
I've seen Some Like It Hot too many times to count, but it's one of those films that still rewards the viewer with each passing viewing. Although rewatching a classic is never going to quite hit home in the same way as it does on the first viewing, Some Like It Hot still has a very amusing storyline and wonderful central performances from Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
The slightly odd thing about this film is that it is pitched as a comedy, but contains a sub-plot involving gangsters bootlegging and bumping people off in order to set up its story. In some ways it's quite dark and shouldn't really work, but in this instance it does. Even though these gangsters are meant to be ruthless mobsters, for me they never quite come across as being as cruel or as mean as they could have been; this is mostly down to the interactions and banter that is exchanged between them and the other characters. Raft is superb as Spats Columbo and Harry Wilson as his dim-witted henchman is also responsible for plenty of laughs.
Monroe was famously difficult to work with on this film and her scene where she is talking to Junior on the phone where her eyes are darting around all over the place clearly show that she was reading her lines from some kind of teleprompter or autocue. Although this was a trying project for Wilder, I personally feel it was worth all the pain and anguish as the overall product here is so good and has left the world with a very satisfying and funny film.
The chase sequences at the end are top drawer and the film has one of the funniest and most memorable final lines in cinema history. In short, Some Like It Hot is the best of the best and even though it is now more than 60 years old it is still superb and is well worth seeing.
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