Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966) by Aaron P — 02 Aug 2010

A spectacular film from Wilder. Matthau and Lemmon are a great team.

This review of The Fortune Cookie (1966) was written by Aaron P on 02 Aug 2010.

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 David P (1,645) on 16 Jan 2017

I wish they colorized this movie, the black and white tone, seems to be one of very things hurting this movie…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Kevin L (2,013) on 23 Oct 2012

A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Matthew J (1,312) on 01 Feb 2011

Fortune cookie aka Meet Whiplash Willie by Billy wilder is a neatly realised comedy with excellent performances…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Anne F (623) on 27 Oct 2009

70 percent perfect, which only serves to amplify the flaws when they set in. Often hilarious and darkly cynical…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Thomas H (859) on 06 Sep 2012

Enjoyable film with some brilliant performances…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By James Powers (23) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 21 Oct 2018

The Fortune Cookie is Billy Wilder's best picture since The Apartment, his funniest since Some Like It Hot…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Nov 2016

The Fortune Cookie still plays as funny…

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 Gergely K (144) on 21 Aug 2011

Superb comedy and what amazing acting too..these guys are all another league..such a complete and relaxing entertainer…

Read Review

Review of The Fortune Cookie (1966)

By Michael Y (583) on 16 Oct 2009

Good comedy about an insurance scam, although a little bit dated when seen today. Excellent performances by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon…

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 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 Dirty Deeds (2005)

By Michael Senft (6) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 05 Oct 2005

Not so much a coherent story as a string of clichés…

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

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Fortune Cookie

1966

73%102 Reviews

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004

73%842 Reviews

The 11th Hour

2007

68%509 Reviews

Clerks

1994

78%677 Reviews

The Living Daylights

1987

65%709 Reviews

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

72%230 Reviews

Spartan

2004

64%407 Reviews

Halloween

2018

67%1,373 Reviews

Big Fish

2003

77%825 Reviews

Vox Lux

2018

58%211 Reviews