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Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Average Rating: 8.9/10
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Movie Info

The launching pad for Billy Wilder's comedy classic was a rusty old German farce, Fanfares of Love, whose two main characters were male musicians so desperate to get a job that they disguise themselves as women and play with an all-girl band in gangster-dominated 1929 Chicago. In this version, musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) lose their jobs when a speakeasy owned by mob boss Spats Columbo (George Raft) is raided by prohibition agent Mulligan (Pat O'Brien). Several weeks

Unrated, 2 hr.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Billy Wilder

Written By: I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder

In Theaters: Mar 29, 1959 Wide

On DVD: May 22, 2001

United Artists

Some Like It Hot Trailer & Photos

Cast

Marilyn Monroe
Sugar Kane
Tony Curtis
Joe/Josephine
Jack Lemmon
Jerry/Daphne
George Raft
Spats Columbo
Pat O'Brien
Mulligan
Joe E. Brown
Osgood E. Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff
Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee
Sweet Sue
Billy Gray
Sig Poliakoff
George E. Stone
Toothpick Charlie
Dave Barry
Beinstock
Harry Wilson
Spats's Henchman
Beverly Wills
Dolores
Edward G. Robinson Jr.
Johnny Paradise
Marian Collier
Olga
John Indrisano
Waiter
Mike Mazurki
Spats' Henchman
Grace Lee Whitney
Tom Kennedy
Bouncer

Critic Reviews for Some Like It Hot

All Critics (44) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (1) | DVD (36)

Lemmon digs out most of the laughs in the script. As for Marilyn, she's been trimmer, slimmer and sexier in earlier pictures.

May 20, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

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Pictures like this, with a sense of humor that is as broad as it can be sophisticated, come along only infrequently.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

In many ways, the ultimate Billy Wilder film -- replete with breathless pacing, transvestite humor, and unflinching cynicism.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Some Like It Hot does cool off considerably now and again, but Mr. Wilder and his carefree clowns keep it crackling and funny most of the time.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.H. Weiler

New York Times

Top Critic

Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

The preeminent comedy of anima...effervescent and breezily paced, from the car-chase opening to the big finish capped with one of the all-time-great punchlines. [Blu-ray]

June 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

MGM does a highly respectable job transferring Billy Wilder's lunatic escapade into a sexual hall of mirrors onto Blu-ray.

May 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Chris Cabin

Slant Magazine

One of the wildest romantic farces ever.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The film's final line is legendary, though I have a soft spot for Jerry's description of a sashaying Sugar: "Look at that! Look how she moves! That's just like Jell-O on springs!"

October 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

The Great American Comedy (if you discount the Marx Brothers).

September 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

This is a flawlessly scripted, superbly performed and endlessly witty comedy that deserves its place among the all-time greats.

April 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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James Jennings

Film4

It is, like Ms. Monroe, a beautiful thing.

August 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com

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Will Harris

Bullz-Eye.com

Contains a marvelous, ertoically explosive Monroe performance.

August 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

The movie was once daring, and now it's just brilliantly funny -- and still sexy.

April 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

It's a smart farce that has a high-energy pace, sparked by stunning performances by the stars.

March 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The laughs never get old.

October 5, 2006 Comment

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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Audience Reviews for Some Like It Hot

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A pair of musicians witness a mob execution and so go into hiding disguised as women in an all girl band in Florida. Billy Wilder made his name making a variety of black hearted satires, but here we find him at his least cynical. It's one of those types of film they just don't make any more as the brilliant double act

February 26, 2007

xGary Xx

Super Reviewer

As engrossing as provocative as Billy Wilder gets, and a film that features outstanding acting by Tony Curtis - who effectively plays three characters - and Jack Lemmon, who completely loses himself in the role of Daphne. Even Marilyn Monroe looks like she had talent in this one - it's that good. Spellbinding, edgy

June 3, 2007

Daniel Perry

Super Reviewer

Some Like It Hot Quotes

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1. Sig Poliakoff: You got to be under twenty five.
2. Jerry/Daphne: We could pass for that.
3. Sig Poliakoff: You got to be blonde.
4. Jerry/Daphne: We could dye our hair.
5. Sig Poliakoff: And you got to be girls.
6. Jerry/Daphne: We could-
7. Joe/Josephine: No we couldn't!
– Submitted by Ezra S (37 days ago)
1. Sugar Kane: Quarter of a century. Makes a girl think...
– Submitted by Sarah E (2 months ago)
1. Jerry/Daphne: I'll say!
– Submitted by Amalia W (4 months ago)
1. Sugar Kane: Always the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
– Submitted by Amalia W (4 months ago)
1. Joe/Josephine: Daphne?!
2. Jerry/Daphne: I never did like the name Geraldine.
– Submitted by Kyle K (11 months ago)

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