Review of The Seven Year Itch (1955) by Noah Abraham G — 04 Sep 2013
No one's saying "The Seven Year Itch" is Billy Wilder's best film -- it's too on-the-noise -- but man is it ever fun. Just a good time of a movie, rip-snortingly Wilder. As for Marilyn I think her career bests are in "Some Like It Hot" and "The Misfits", but she does solid work here playing into type.
And I actually thought Tom Ewell was pretty great in the lead. Dunno how well Walter Matthau would have fit into the role, but Ewell lends sex-starved Richard Sherman a neurotic intensity -- less Woody Allen stutter than Jack Lemmon egotism -- as opposed to someone like Matthau's reclined droll.
All in all a totally successful comedy, the kind of play-turned-movie that's lost none of its stride.
This review of The Seven Year Itch (1955) was written by Noah Abraham G on 04 Sep 2013.
The Seven Year Itch has generally received positive reviews.
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