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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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

Apr 8

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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Peter Piatkowski

PopMatters

03/02/2024

Jack Lemmon's judgment of Marilyn Monroe's comedic brilliance is validated on the silver screen.

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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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Goomba B

5d

One of the greatest comedies on the screen ... with a sensational last line quote! Marilyn is delicious ... Jack Lemmon is terrific!

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John S

Nov 8

Very cheeky and highly enjoyable film. Marilyn shines so bright!

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judy b

Nov 2

Probably one of the funniest movies of all time. Filmed in black and white enhances the time frame of the prohibition era. Jack Lemmon having to pretend to be a woman for almost all of the time was done so well. I am watching it for the third time. I saw it the first time in a actual movie theater.

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thehumble K.

@thehumbleking17 Oct 18

Hilarious! I watched this for my film course on Billy Wilder, absolutely loved it and I didn’t expect to!

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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
Producer: Billy Wilder
Screenwriter: I.A.L. Diamond, M. Logan, Robert Thoeren, Billy Wilder
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)

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