Some Like It Hot 1959

Critics score:
96 / 100

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Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: The Great American Comedy (if you discount the Marx Brothers). Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: In many ways, the ultimate Billy Wilder film -- replete with breathless pacing, transvestite humor, and unflinching cynicism. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Read more

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: Some Like It Hot does cool off considerably now and again, but Mr. Wilder and his carefree clowns keep it crackling and funny most of the time. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft. Read more

TIME Magazine: Lemmon digs out most of the laughs in the script. As for Marilyn, she's been trimmer, slimmer and sexier in earlier pictures. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: One of Wilder's funniest satires. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Pictures like this, with a sense of humor that is as broad as it can be sophisticated, come along only infrequently. Read more