Good Neighbor Sam

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Audience Member Great hilarious fun movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious all the way through. Yes, I recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas June 11, 2023. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/13/23 Full Review Audience Member James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum made a career out of comedy, starting TV and debuting their first movie script here. They also wrote The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Shakiest Gun in the West, Angel in My Pocket and The Reluctant Astronaut. Greenbaum's talent also was used to create the sculptures in this movie. Sam Bissell (Jack Lemmon) is an ad exec who wants off the hamster wheel so that he can concentrate on his true love — the aforementioned sculpture work that he makes out of found materials. He has a great marriage with Minerva (Dorothy Provine, That Darn Cat!) and two kids, but when his wife's best friend Janet (French actress Romy Schneider, who was briefly in Hollywood to make this movie and What's New Pussycat?) arrives, his life goes to pieces. The good? He's a family man, unlike the rest of the agency, so he's the perfect man to keep their toughest client, dairy owner Simon Nurdlinger (Edward G. Robinson) on retainer. But Simon thinks that Janet is Sam's wife. And because Janet can only get her inheritance if she's married, she has to convince her relatives that Sam is her ex-husband. But how will his wife handle all of this? As someone who has spent his life in advertising, I loved seeing the glory days of 50s advertising, even if it's portrayed as a soulless place. The agency in the film, Burke & Hare, is named after the notorious body snatchers William Burke and William Hare*, while everyone there seems on the verge of a nervous breakdown. So, you know, it's very realistic. You just know that the agency that partnered with this movie missed all of the work/life balance lessons in the movie and instead celebrated that they were able to get product placements all over Good Neighbor Sam for their clients Hertz, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Air Lines and Allied Van Lines. *It's also a reference to Jack Finney, who wrote the book that this was based on. And oh yeah — he also was the writer of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Unexpectedly fun caper meant to be a vehicle for the subtle and slapstick talents of Jack Lemmon and unexpectedly capable Romy Schneider and Mike Connors Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Just amusing, it will catch you a couple of smiles. Jack Lemmon is great, and Romy Schneider makes a delicious role. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I hadn't seen Good Neighbor Sam in decades, and I must say it is not as good as I remembered it (as a youngster). Still, if you are a fan of Jack Lemmon, or like the Mad Men era in (white) America, it is a must-see. Then you have gorgeous costars Dorothy Provine and Romy Schneider, and what's not to like? Well, it is essentially a 2-hour (that's right, it is long!) situation comedy, and Jack portrays, as usual, Everyman, who gets caught up in a situation that "spirals out of control" as movie ads say. It has many funny parts, with the situation being the part of the plot that keeps the viewer involved, wondering how are Sam and his wif Min (Provine) going to get out of THIS jam! Fun to watch, just a little too long. An added inducement is seeing Edward G. Robinson in a character role. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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