"We're the new Girls! Brand new!"

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2007)

This is the funniest movie ever made! Billy Wilder was a genius who could do the acid-serious drama (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, ACE IN THE HOLE, THE LOST WEEKEND), the romantic comedy-drama (THE APARTMENT, SABRINA), light comedy (THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH and SOME LIKE IT HOT.) What a talent! English was his second language , and yet some of his movie language has become part of the American vernacular. In SLIH , We have the hilarious last line ("Nobody's perfect!") plus several other gems (OSGOOD: "Bass fiddle! Do you use a bow, or do you pluck it?" DAPHNE/JERRY:"Most of the time I slap it!" OSGOOD:"You must be quite a girl!" DAPHNE/JERRY: "Wanna bet?") and (SUGAR:"Diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!") Jack Lemmon is flat-out hilarious in SLIH, and so is Marilyn Monroe-- this is her best performance! I have seen this classic farce hundreds of times, and it's still fresh, funny, and wonderful!