Review of The Apartment (1960) by Immanuel C — 10 Sep 2017
Heartwarming, humorous, and downright scandalous. This movie had me enthralled from beginning to end. I'm ashamed to say that I hadn't seen any Jack Lemmon movies before watching The Apartment, but this movie just made me into a huge fan of his! Lemmon, MacLaine, and MacMurray make the perfect cast for this movie; I can't imagine any other actors (even considering all the other extraordinarily talented actors and actresses of the 1950s and 1960s) pulling off these roles convincingly.
I knew that Baxter (Lemmon) and Kubelik (MacLaine) were going to end up with each other in the end (I mean, they had to, right? could the movie end any other way?), but I still found myself genuinely smiling with joy when they began playing gin rummy on Baxter's couch right before the screen faded to black.
From its storyline to its acting, The Apartment is a prime example of how romantic comedies should be done, and it's a film I know I'll continue to get a lot out of when I inevitably watch it again in the future.
This review of The Apartment (1960) was written by Immanuel C on 10 Sep 2017.
The Apartment has generally received very positive reviews.
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