Screenplay and chemistry is what still stacks up.

Rating: 7/10 (10 October 2005)

Classic American screwball comedy. A must see if you are the type to clock up viewing of the 'greats' otherwise the humor can seem quite dated and corny unless you watch it whilst keeping in mind how risqué and fresh it was for it's day. However, the mad screenplay and the chemistry between Curtis, Lemmon and Monroe still stacks up 100% by anyones standards. Much of it is just too silly for words but it works beautifully and is totally enjoyable.
There is a camp element about the Curtis and Lemmon behavior that is hard to reconcile where it is coming from (especially Lemmon's character). Seemingly way sophisticated for the day it strikes me that I'm missing something in interpretation about this angle. Maybe it's because I was not even born let alone a young adult in 1959 and don't have the cultural references of the day to 'get it'. Either way, very much a fun movie to watch in 2005.