Monroe's Finest Performance

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2012)

Named by the AFI as the best comedy of all time this film holds a very special place in my heart. Mostly for being Marilyn Monroe's greatest movie. The woman had a presence that was larger than life, but was in a lot of clunkers, as the studio system didn't really now what to do with her except use her as eye candy. Her character in Seven Year Inch doesn't even have a name! Her Sugar Kane (aka Sugar Kowalczyk), while "not very bright" by her own admission, has an optimism and a sadness that was what made Monroe the icon she is today. Jack Lemon also shines as Jerry/Sugar. Once Jerry becomes Daphne (he was going to be Geraldine, but never liked that name), it's like he truly comes alive. Jerry is a worrier, but Daphne is always cracking jokes, ending almost every line of dialogue with a giggle. http://amandalovesmovies.com/2012/02/19/some-like-it-hot/