Boop boop e doo.

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2019)

While picking up a car at a Chicago garage, down-on-their-luck musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) witness a mob execution and flee the scene, hotly pursued by the tommy-gun toting killers. In order to escape town, the pair dress up as women to join an all-girl band heading for Florida. In a bid to woo the troupe's beautiful ukelele player and singer Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), womaniser Joe ditches his Josephine persona to become billionaire Shell Oil Junior, which causes all manner of problems for his pal Jerry. Meanwhile, the Chicago gangsters are in the Sunshine State for a convention, booked into the same hotel as the band. How long will it be before they recognise the two fugitives?
Voted the number one funniest movie of all time by the American Film Institute, Some Like It Hot is pure comedy gold that never puts a foot wrong, from its exciting opening car chase between cops and gangsters, to its now famous last line, "Well, nobody's perfect". While that might be true, if there was ever a comedy that was perfect, it's this one: brilliantly directed by Billy Wilder, with superb performances from its three leads (Lemmon stealing every scene he is in), great supporting turns from everyone else (Al Breneman as the frisky bellhop is a hoot), a couple of memorable musical numbers by Monroe (who is at her sexiest here), and so many quotable lines of dialogue (my faves: 'That's how I like 'em... big and sassy!', and 'They shrink when they're marinated.').
I've seen Some Like It Hot quite a few times over the years, and every time it is a delight, never failing to make me laugh. If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for? A well deserved 10/10.