MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

blaberma Not Billy Wilders best but at times funny and an absolutely beautiful movie to look at.Hard to choose which is more beautiful,the Italian Riviera or Juliet Mills in the altogether.This was the Nanny and the Professor that everyone of us who was in love with Juliet Mills wanted to see.The hardest part of the movie to believe is that it takes Jack Lemmon so long to fall in love with her.If you see this movie is on one of your cable channels it is a definite must see for the laughs,the scenery and the loveliness of Italy and Juliet Mills Alpine curves and exquisite English beauty.Edward Andrews and Clive Revill both have a field day with their character roles and were never better.

treeline1 This is a manipulative and offensive story pairing a chauvinistic businessman (Lemmon) with an insecure spinster (Mills) in picturesque Italy where they deal with oh-so-funny dim locals (NOT). This was a pathetic attempt to be part of the sexual revolution and features the two stars naked - not a pretty sight. It's neither funny nor romantic nor sexy, but is completely immoral. The constant references to how "fat" Mills is are pointless and tiresome, since she's obviously not fat at all. And noted British actor Clive Revill is hardly convincing as an Italian.The only good part of the movie is the lovely theme music, "Senza Fine," which plays often.

fedor8 1972. Back in the day when romantic comedies were made in such a way that both sexes could watch them, not just women. Nowadays, when you read "romantic comedy" in relation to the latest formulaic piece of celluloid crap that Hollywood is desperately trying to hype, you can expect garbage; some lame-brained, unfunny mess with Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz mugging like eager-to-please amateurs - should the casting be at its very worst. (Or the amazing non-talents of an Ashton Kutcher and an annoying personality of a La Lopez. The list goes on and on.)A! works because Jack Lemmon isn't a former Mickey-Mouse-Club amateur with a squeaky girly voice, and Juliet Mills isn't a perpetually giggling non-beauty with the body shape of an overgrown pencil. Mills is shapely, curvaceous, charismatic, sexy and pretty, and Lemmon is funny and interesting. There is actual chemistry between them, the story is fun, the gags work, and there is no crude, lewd, low-brow, cheap-ass, teenage approach to sex that we get to see in comedies of recent years, in which having sex is always referred to as "f**king" or "screwing", the F word being a poor substitute for a total lack of inspiration and humour.The only drawback to A! is its length. At well over two hours it does violate somewhat the unwritten rule about comedies and horror films not exceeding 90 minutes. Trust Billy Wilder, that senile old Commie, to have actually made a mention of the Sacco & Vanzetti case. No doubt Billy considered those murdering anarchists as totally innocent. (God forbid a Marxist ever gets punished for anything, even genocide.) Later on, he has an Italian local give the right-arm Nazi salute to the Republican Ambassador. Billy, Billy, Billy, what are we to do with you? Must you include your unsubtle political propaganda even in a harmless little romantic comedy?But if you thought Billy's delusion ended with his extremist politics, think again. He thought that he had injected too much humour into what was meant to be a drama! He stated that they had intended to make a movie more like "The Apartment" (i.e. they wanted it to stink so it could win Oscars). Good thing they "failed", because not only does that vastly overrated movie stink, but I can't imagine how the hell A! could have possibly worked as a drama.The two Wilder movies do have something in common though (apart from Lemmon): both tend to ridiculously idealize women who latch on to (older) married men. Mills's mother was even said to have hidden her poor financial situation from Lemmon's father (the millionaire) because she "loved him", hence that she never received any gifts or financial aid from him. That is so over-the-top stupid that it's almost funny on its own.

ma-cortes This amusing motion picture deals with a rich businessman named Wendel Ambruster , a frenzied Jack Lemmon , heads to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's corpse , dead while on vacation , only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing. The dyspectic businessman discovers daddy has been romancing a mistress these many years ago and he finds himself falling in love with the woman's daughter . Later on , the stuffy millionaire is seduced by Italian lifestyle and the charms of an attractive Juliet Mills .Enjoyable , too long and fun-filled comedy which neatly combines humor , mirth , entertaining situations and amusement . Based on playwright by Samuel Taylor , being well adapted by Billy Wilder and his usual I.A.L. Diamond . Magnificent performances from Jack Lemmon as angst-ridden middle-aged man and Juliet Mills more relaxed and enticing than ever . Furthermore , a splendid secondary cast as a Clive Revill and Edward Andrews who have never been better ; plus a variety of Italian support cast who makes sympathetic interpretations . Colorful and shimmer cinematography under continental sunshine filmed on location in Amalfi Coast , Sorrento , Naples , Campany , Italy . Emotive and lively musical score full of Italian songs and Mediterranean sounds by Carlo Rustichelli . This is a fine film but inferior to Wilder's former works ; it belong his last period when realized nice though unsuccessful movies as ¨Buddy buddy¨,¨Fedora¨ , ¨Front page¨and ¨Secret life of Sherlock Holmes¨. Rating : Good , though overlength but still completely entertaining .