Marilyn Monroe, jazz, and the mob... you can't go wrong with that!

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2004)

Some Like it Hot is a fantastic movie, for the older crowd. With great actors and actresses, a great plot, the mob, and a little bit of jazz, they couldn't go wrong. Some Like it Hot stars the sex icon Marilyn Monroe as Sugar. Sugar is a musician in an all-girls band that always falls for male saxophone players. Over the course of the movie, she goes from being strong to completely vulnerable, then to completely crazy at times. They could not have picked a better actress to play this role. It seems like it was purposely written for her.
This movie also stars Jack Lemmon, as Daphne (otherwise known as Jerry), and Tony Curtis as Josephine (otherwise known as Joe). These two actors did a fantastic job. They play two male musicians that witness a mob hit. They then decide they need to leave town. They need to disguise themselves, though, so they dress up as girls, and join an all-girl band.
After the band, including Daphne, Josephine, and Sugar, arrive in Florida, the plot heats up. Josephine (Joe) ends up falling for Sugar, who thinks he's a girl, and Daphne gets hit on but a millionaire that thinks he's a girl. Meanwhile, the mob is still looking for the Joe and Jerry to kill them.
This movie will have the viewer on the edge of their seat wondering what will happen next. It will also have them cracking up laughing. This reviewer would give this movie a 10, but not recommend it for small children. There are many adult themes that would not be appropriate.