The `Chicago' Of The Sixties

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2003)

Filmed in 1959 with an all-star cast, Some Like it Hot is definitely one of the funniest pictures I have ever seen. It was rated the funniest picture of all time by the AFI, a milestone achievement. The film is a great achievement and the comedy is perfect. Jack Lemmon steals the show. Tony Curtis is a millionaire, and Marilyn Monroe singing! What can be better?
When two male musicians whiteness a mob murder in Chicago, 1929, they are forced to flee to somewhere so that they are not caught. They find a job for three weeks in Florida, but there is one problem. It is a girl's band. So what do they do? They buy shavers to shave their legs, they buy wigs and dresses and they are now Josephine and Daphne, the pretty girls who play the Tenor Sax and String Bass, respectively. They are not suspected until a crazy ending with a load of laughter in between.
The film is a no-brainer classic with all the ingredients to last a lifetime of wonderful funny memories. You'll laugh like you've never laughed before. And it was made over 40 years ago! Not every movie holds up like that!
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This film is worth buying the DVD, and it is fun to watch different segments over and over. One segment particularly comes to mind: the ending. Jack Lemmon tries to explain why he can't marry Osgood, another man.

With a great story, plot and laughs, Some Like It Hot is one of the best films of all time.
MPAA Rating: PG
My Rating: 13 and up
My * Rating: 9.1