Jack Lemmon is one of the best comedic actors of all time. Shirley MacLaine is a mesmerizing actress. Perhaps that is what lead to my grandiose expectations of this pic, along with the fact it was nominated for 10 Oscars, and won 5 of them! The film never came around to me, and I am left feeling that I just watched a 2.5 star show.
The movie is a satire, and really pokes fun at the working class- you know all of us 9 to 5ers. There are a couple of lines that made me laugh- things like "how stupid could I be, I should never wear mascara when I am with a married man (this is said as MacLaine is crying an her mascara is running), "My husband is 5'2'' and 99 pounds, kind of like a cute chihuahua".
I struggled with the concept of this script being turned into a motion picture. To me it was a great stage play and nothing more. There isn't enough depth for it to be a 2 hour movie. Everything is predictable, even the humor. The support cast is awful- especially Fred MacMurray's role, which was a big role and he had way too much screen time! Lemmon was solid and MacLaine was the shows star in my opinoin. I was hoping to add this one to my top 100 list but it wasn't even close. Sorry Lemmon, maybe next time. R.I.P.
It hurt me to watch this movie for many of the same reasons you gave. At the time, and even now, I just can't get it to cheating on your wife.
ReplyDeleteI think Satan is good at tricking people into thinking it is okay. It is a natural feeling to be attracted to the opposite sex, but it isn't that hard to control yourself, I mean seriously.
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