Some Like It Hot (Wilder, 1959)
I'll start by saying what most professional critics always forget to say. I AM NOT THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS FILM.
Some Like It Hot has a ridiculous premise. These two guys are musicians who accidentally witness a mob murder. They hide from the gangsters trying to kill them by dressing up like women and joining an all woman band. One of them falls in love with 'Sugar Cane' (Marilyn Monroe) and expands the deception by first interrogating her about what she likes in a man then impersonating that exact man. It's all pretty stupid, but it's so well pulled off it kind of works. It's well written and well carried by the actors. Even if it's full of shallow stereotypes and all the women in the film fit the 1950's idyllic female mold of the loveable airhead.
Rating for me: ** 1/2 / 5
Rating for your grandmother: ***** / 5
52/101
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