Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966) by Tvandme — 26 Nov 2006

What a bitter comedy! Only the football player who accidentally injures Jack Lemmon shows any human feelings. His ex-wife is a cold-hearted bimbo and the Walter Matthau character cares only for money. That's all I remember about it.

This review of The Fortune Cookie (1966) was written by Tvandme on 26 Nov 2006.

The Fortune Cookie has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Fortune Cookie

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Frank M (727) on 05 Nov 2009

Pretty good, considering this was the first film that Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau worked on and it was the only film wher Matthau won an…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Timothy M (796) on 31 Mar 2010

Another Billy Wilder movie with Jack Lemmon as a poor man, and Matthau as one of the most terrible (in the same of selfish) and funny villains…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Aj V (1,538) on 07 Dec 2010

Another great comedy from Wilder, this movie is hilarious, fun, and has a great cast. I highly recommend it…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Scott R (2,451) on 18 Jun 2013

The Fortune Cookie is an entertaining film. It is about a crooked lawyer who persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Ellen M (109) on 21 May 2009

Cute movie. I love the duo of Lemmon & Matthau. It's sad though that no one that lives with me would watch this movie because of the date…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Kevin M. W (1,682) on 27 Feb 2018

Walter Matthau got an Oscar for his epic portrayal of a sleazy, ambulance chasing lawyer who sees a big payday when his schlub brother-in-law…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Rocko P (53) on 28 May 2009

J. Lemon / W. Mathau, B. Wilder/ I.A.L. Diamond, what is there left to say ? A master piece…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Antonio P (75) on 02 Aug 2009

Divertidisima. Me encanta el papel del abogado, mathau hace de cÃnico genial…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Adam R (2,773) on 04 Sep 2015

One of the better more intelligent comedy movies this talented team made....and that is saying something…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Hannah M (863) on 19 Feb 2010

Good written screenplay, I love the numbered chapters, the one-liners, quotes, twists, comedy,…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Le Divorce (2003)

By Robc (13) on 09 Nov 2007

So loaded with feminist propaganda that every development left me in no suspense as to its purpose and outcome…

Read Review

Review of Music Within (2007)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Feb 2017

Sheen is often the saving grace of Music Within, thanks to an aggressively profane wit that gives an otherwise tapioca-bland story a little edge…

Read Review

Review of Ali (2001)

By Eric T (877) on 31 Jul 2010

All that I learned from this movie is that Ali didnt stop running his mouth and he had sex with many women. What a saint…

Read Review

Review of Any Given Sunday (1999)

By Jefff. (25) on 24 Aug 2005

The MTV style of editing made me sick…

Read Review

Review of It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)

By Brian P (1,844) on 10 Dec 2006

I don't really have anything positive to say about this movie, so I will just leave it at that…

Read Review

Review of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

By Anthony B (897) on 27 Aug 2011

I fell asleep. The best scenes are all Steve Martin one liners and physical humour, the youtube clip show is a much better way to watch it…

Read Review

Review of Red Heat (1988)

By Tom D (1,091) on 15 Aug 2014

One of the poorest excuses for an action film I've seen. This movie is, to put it plainly, boring as hell…

Read Review

Review of I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)

By Nazgulero (109) on 17 Jul 2011

Not funny, not original. Jim Carrey plays the same character he played twenty years ago in Pet Detective, and it doesn't work anymore…

Read Review

Review of Conspiracy Theory (1997)

By Broyax (884) on 02 May 2020

Il y avait de l'idée dans ce personnage complètement parano, exemple parfait de la théorie du complot ou plutôt des (innombrables) théories…

Read Review

Review of Wendy and Lucy (2008)

By Johnb. (77) on 13 Jun 2009

This is just the kind of film that gives movie critics a bad name…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews