Funny, but...

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2008)

Don't get me wrong; this is a very funny film. The situations these characters find and put themselves in are simply ridiculous and outrageous, making "Some Like it Hot," a very enjoyable movie. Jack Lemmon is perfectly cast as usual, and delivers one great line after another as in just about every film he's in. Marilyn Monroe is brilliant here and proves to be a much greater actress than I would have thought. Tony Curtis also does very well in his role, and is very funny in claiming to be the owner of the Shell gas stations. My only problem with this film is the general job of acting done in this film. Somehow a lot of the movie just didn't come off as very realistic to me. In another film involving men disguising themselves as women ("Tootsie"), everything that happens seems believable and real. Here the acting by most of the supporting cast does not seem real to me. I personally find a film funnier if I can imagine all of the events really happening. Nevertheless, I guess it's just a comedy and shouldn't be critiqued too hard. There are plenty of laughs in this movie and I enjoyed it very much. I don't agree with the AFI's decision to name it the #1 comedy of all time, but it's not too far off. Not perfect, but you'll laugh at so many things here it really won't matter.
***1/2 out of ****