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The Apartment (1960) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
292 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.14/4 |
# of Ratings: |
150 |
Genres: |
Comedy, Romance |
Rating: |
PG |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 06/21/1960 |
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Director: |
Billy Wilder |
Actors: |
Jack Lemmon
Shirley MacLaine
Fred MacMurray
Ray Walston
Jack Kruschen
David Lewis |
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Plot Outline:
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A man who is trying to move up in his company, "rents" out his apartment to gain dollars and a better title. He falls in love along the way.
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Yojimbo 11/09/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Typically cynical and witty black comedy from Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon and a quality social satire in general. |
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donkeyknight 05/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
Lemmon is an elastic acting powerhouse and the dialogue is coy but the adultery is not so funny. A redeeming resolution though. |
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mitchellyoung 09/20/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3.5/4 |
Slickly-written comedy of manners that features charming performances by Lemmon and MacLaine. It's funny, but in an understated way, not laugh-out-loud, like some of Wilder's other works. |
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01/18/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Apartment review |
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C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) allows his companies executives to use his apartment for malicious rendezvous. The Director Jeff D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) discovers the reason of Baxter’s popularity and asks for a favor for his promotion. A Second Admin. Assistant Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) has a history with Jeff and ultimately gets close to “Bud” Baxter. Dr. Dreyfuss (Jack Kruschen) is the empathetic wise doctor and neighbor of Bud who complaints about the noise but is dependable when needed.
The screenplay good despite some grammatical errors, with lines from Baxter – “That's the way it crumbles...cookie-wise.” Fran – “Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it.” Soundtrack of the film was decent but... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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04/20/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Entertaining to watch, |
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An entertaining romantic comedy which is actually good unlike many in this genre. It is fast paced and interesting due to the nice interactions between the characters. Every character is played very well and there is not a bad link anywhere. It looks very nice with Billy Wilder's good direction and the dialogue is smart and well written.
Best Actor Nominee Jack Lemmon 3/5- Lemmon's shtick I always find wears a bit thin when he does a leading role. His mannerisms always can get a bit annoying and this time is no exception. He though still does welll enough and is still good where when he does not try as hard.
Best Supporting actor nominee Jack Kruschen 4/5- Kruschen is very good as the neighbor and doctor next door, and gets past just one liners and instead into a deeper stronger ... |
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4/4 |
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