One of Marilyn's Best Roles

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 1999)

This is a great script, funny, compelling, unexpected. Lemmon and Curtis are a great team, bouncing those zingers off each other like there's no tomorrow. But it's Marilyn Monroe who's luminous here. This movie, more than any other, proves why she was the object of so many people's fantasies. From the "I Wanna Be Loved By You" song to the scene where she bravely tries to kiss Tony Curtis into feeling something (still one of the most erotic scenes on film), she is a goddess. And the last line always gets a laugh. Check this movie out if you haven't seen it.