Review of The Apartment (1960) by Andre T — 25 Jun 2011
Produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow-up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot .C. C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a lonely office drone for an insurance company in New York City.
In order to climb the corporate ladder, Baxter allows four company managers to use his Upper West Side apartment for their various extramarital liaisons. Unhappy with the situation, but unwilling to challenge the managers, Baxter juggles their conflicting demands, while hoping to catch the eye of fetching elevator operator Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine).
Meanwhile Baxter's neighbors assume he is a "good time Charlie" who brings home a different drunken woman every night.Very funny, but romantic and human otherwise, this movie is delicious to watch.
This review of The Apartment (1960) was written by Andre T on 25 Jun 2011.
The Apartment has generally received very positive reviews.
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