Some Like It Hot

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Some Like It Hot

1959

2h 0m

Comedy

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After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

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Critics Consensus

Some Like It Hot: A spry, quick-witted farce that never drags.

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James Jackson

The Times (UK)

08/04/2022

Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

02/11/2022

Kino gives Billy Wilders racy comic masterpiece its best-ever home video presentation, highlighting the films visual beauty alongside the taut perfection of its screenplay.

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Jack Moffitt

The Hollywood Reporter

04/02/2020

Some Like It Hot is another supersonic, breakneck, belly-laugh comedy that should be a block-busting bonanza at the box office.

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John Carvill

The Arts Desk

Jun 22

5/5

Some Like it Hot is as close to perfection as film has ever got.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 18

4/4

The film's final line is legendary, although 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!"

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

04/08/2025

5/5

Billy Wilder's marvelous comedy Some Like It Hot remains a timeless classic of the genre, proving itself to be just as funny & charming as it was over 65 years ago, all thanks to its top-notch cast, brilliant screenplay, and outstanding direction.

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Nicholas

Feb 18

Comedy still holds up!

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Google

08/27/2023

Fabulous Classic! Thank goodness for The Prytania Theater for showing these fabulous movies!

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Enaid

06/08/2023

Hilarious! Fun! Costuming was gorgeous, Marilyn was beautiful and the "girls" on the run in hiding were often believable and masters of their game. I would go to see it again.

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Leprechaun K

@LeprechaunKing Jun 20

Movie hasn't aged well. It is somewhat boring. Performances by Monroe and Lemmon are great, but as a whole, it suffers from slow pacing that is common for most movies made in the 50's and 60's. At 2 hours long, it is 30 minutes too long.

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Elliot K

@valos Jun 20

Wow! Going into this I never thought I would come out with one of my new all time favorite movies. Throughout the whole thing it never lets up once, phenomenal!

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Jun 15

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Synopsis

After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

Director: Billy Wilder
Screenwriter: M. Logan, Robert Thoeren
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: United Artists, Ashton Productions, Mirisch Company
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 1, 1959, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2016
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)