Review of Some Like It Hot (1959) by Danny R — 03 Feb 2012

One the funniest American film classics of all time which was brilliantly directed by the great Billy Wilder. A legendary madcap farce that takes place in mob-dominated 1929 Chicago, where two musicians that work at a speakeasy named Joe and Jerry magnificently played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon who both deliver masterful comic, tour-de-force performances accidentally witness a gangland mass slaying by mob boss Spats Columbo, played perfectly by George Raft.

Joe devises an plan for disguising their identities, they doll themselves up as two girl musicians named Josephine and Daphne and join an all-girl band on route to Florida on a train, on board the boys meet the lead singer and ukulele player of the band named Sugar Kane, played exquisitely by the ravishing screen siren Marilyn Monroe, who delivers a brilliantly passionate and truly funny performance as the quintessential dumb blonde.

Both Joe and Jerry immediately fall for Sugar, but their new feminine identities prevent them from acting on their desires. When they get to the hotel in Florida things get complicated when a flirtatious millionaire named Osgood E.

Fielding III, played by Joe E. Brown who delivers uproariously droll performance falls in love with Daphne who has to keep fighting of him off, meanwhile Josephine in order to woo Sugar switches disguises from the bogus girl saxophonist to a phony millionaire named Junior who sounds just like Cary Grant, Tony Curtis scores big with his hilarious impression of him, but Jack Lemmon steals the film was is performance which is a laugh riot and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor The smoking hot Monroe sings beautifully and delivers a show-stopping rendition of "I Wanna Be Loved by You.

" But now it looks like all hell is about to break loose because Spats has just showed up in Florida with his goons. Exceptional black & white cinematography by Charles Lang and a wonderful jazzy original score by Adolph Deutch.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Director: Billy Wilder and Best Actor: Jack Lemmon. A flawless comic masterpiece. Highly Recommended.