VividSimon Simply Perfect

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Yashua Kimbrough (jimniexperience) Quick wits and fast lips . A film noir taking place inside the corrupt world of newspaper politics.Sidney Falco is a beat journalist for the tycoon J.J., whom treats his newspaper business the way gangsters do - very hands on full with dirty threats. Falco is J.J. personal lap-dog , digging up scandalous stories so he's featured on the front page news column.Falco now in the mix of a very messy love circle involving J.J. little sister and a jazz musician. J.J. wants their relationship broken apart by any means, and employees Falco to resort to numerous tricks to defame him: blackmailing club owners, prostituting cigarette girls for fake column news, and planting drugs for a fake cop bust.Falco just wants the biggest bone in NYC , but unfortunately he's rubbing all the wrong shoulders during the process. The town knows but he and J.J. are not to be trusted, and their scandals eventually come around to bite him on the arse

Kyle Perez Now how many films could get away with a line like that? Among other memorable lines include, "You're dead, son. Get yourself buried", "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic", and "Your mouth is as big as a basket and twice as empty". One could argue that Alexander Mackendrick's amorality tale is most remembered for its slickly written screenplay, boasting one sharp one-liner after another. However, the film also succeeds in utilizing its top-notch cast (led masterfully by Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis) set against the backdrop of an atmospheric New York City to the tune of a fittingly accompanied jazz score - never has the city appeared as charming as it does sinister, with its shadowy presence and dark undertones felt throughout the film. To immerse yourself in this film is to hypnotically experience the 'City that Never Sleeps' as a setting of estrangement, overcrowded sidewalks, excessive street noise and the smoke-filled nightclubs and bars.The story is of Sidney Falco and JJ Hunsecker. JJ is a powerful jazz columnist while Falco is an unprincipled press agent much of whose success is contingent on getting that next big story into Hunsecker's column. ("Exactly how does a press agent work?", a man asks him. To which Falco responds, "A press agennt eats a columnist's dirt and is expected to call it manna".) JJ is unhappy with his sister's latest romance with a jazz guitarist named Steve Dallas and seeks out Falco to break it up. We remember these names because these are some highly memorable characters; they talk fast, talk smart and use their charm to persuade people to do what they want from them. Together, both Curtis and Lancaster project a cynicism and otherworldly pizazz that almost transcend their own surroundings. Consider also the script's persistent attribution of its characters to dogs ("Tell me sir, when he dies, do you think he'll go to the dog and cat heaven?") I think what's most compelling about these characters is not so much their complete disregard for human emotion but rather how their hunger and drive for dirt on anyone will come at any cost. Both Falco and JJ are constantly scheming and conniving in their pursuit for success, that 'sweet' smell of it. It's intoxicating to them and their aggressive wordplay distracts us from the true lack of elegance these men have. At their core, their sleaze balls and toy with innocents like puppeteers as a means for personal gain. This kind of greed and narcissism is maybe more relevant today than it was back then and understandably makes this film timeless in its themes and characters. Overall, it's a black and white film whose morals are anything BUT black and white. "I love this dirty town", JJ states in the film's beginning. He's right about the dirty part...

elvircorhodzic SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is a great crime drama about the "beasts" that control and destroy people's lives.The main protagonist is a famous and unscrupulous journalist who controls and destroys the lives of celebrities. A young press agent helps him. First character is powerful, and the other is hungry for success. The theme, from the standpoint of high society, is universal. A good gossip is worth gold. The story is realistic and interesting. However, pulsating dialogues, noir atmosphere complemented by excellent soundtrack, photography and characterization make this movie great.This film can be viewed as a kind of quest for power, success, fame and easy money. I would like to emphasize the importance of the relationship between the protagonists, which are reduced to two options - accept or die. The world, filled with intrigues and conspiracies is perfect for a rough games. Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco is slimy character, who is willing to go to any extreme to achieve his goal. However, the goal is constantly getting out of his hands. His character is not completely negative. The first noticeable emotion is his biggest weakness. I think that Tony Curtis, despite his reputation, did a great job. Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker is a dominant character. The columnist, who suffers from excessive possessiveness and pathological love for his younger sister. He is elegant and restrained. However, his character is revealed through violent emotions.Both characters are two-faced in different ways. Their relationship best describes the mutual dependence and a thin line between love and hate.Susan Harrison as Susan Hunsecker is distraught, dejected and helpless character. She fought, at the same time, for her love, and healing in an unhealthy world. Martin Milner as Steve Dallas is a talented musician and honest young man. A harmless romantic, who becomes the victim of sick minds. Love will find a way at any cost. This sounds a bit cynical, but it is real in this film.Finally, a big fish mainly eat small fish, but one small fish, meanwhile, has become too much.

k-ellinger This is the type of movie that you need to pay close attention to to understand what is going on. There's a lot that could happen in such a short period of time and if you miss it, then you could be lost for the rest of the movie. The acting in this job is amazing. With the good looks from Tony Curtis and the controlling demeanor from Burt Lancaster's character, you'll be in for a treat with this movie. This movie has a combination between love, hate, and control. In this drama film, we see Burt Lancaster's character try to use Tony Curtis' character to try to break up his sister with her fiancé because he loves her and doesn't want to lose her. While watching the film, the audience has to sit and figure out why he would do something like that but we quickly discover that it's out of love.