Monroe shows off her real comedy talent

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2002)

Comedy set in the late 20s/early 30s features stereotypes of the era -- bombshell torch singer (Monroe, of course), hard-as-nails gangster boss (Raft, of course), and go-getter protagonists (Lemmon and Curtis, of course). Everything is spoofed in a light way. Very nice photography. Some of the jokes are flat, but the visual humor can't fail -- especially Lemmon in his crossdressing disguise, which he seems to grow more and more into until his final scene where he and Joe E. Brown seem to be "sailing into the sunset" together. As Joe says "nobody's perfect." But this movie's close.