Review of The Seven Year Itch (1955) by Akira K — 06 Jan 2013

While his wife and son are on vacation, a working man (Tom Ewell) becomes attracted to his neighbor (Marilyn Monroe) and becomes a victim to his own crazy thoughts in writer-director Billy Wilder's comedy, The Seven Year Itch.

This contains one of cinema's most famous scenes with Marilyn's white dress blowing up in the air. Marilyn Monroe is simply fabulous here and this film truly belongs to her. However, whenever she's off screen, the picture falls flat considering the fact that Tom Ewell's character is one note and his act (which takes up about 80% of the picture) gets tiresome and repetitive.