Some Like It Hot

Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), inadvertently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Escaping the wrath of gangland chief Spats Colombo (George Raft), the boys, in drag, join an all-woman band headed for Florida, where they vie for the attention of the lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe).
The script, by director Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, is beautifully measured: everything works, like a flawless clock. The bulk of the slapstick is handled by an unhinged Lemmon and the razor-sharp Joe E. Brown, who plays a horny retiree smitten by Jerry's feminine charms. For all the gags, the film is also wonderfully romantic, as Wilder indulges in just the right amounts of moonlight and the lilting melody of "Park Avenue Fantasy." Some Like It Hot is delightfully fizzy, a sublime joy from start to finish.
120mins : 1959 : Certificate ‘PG’ - - >Still one of Billy Wilder’s funniest satires Time Out - - Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are ideally matched in this crackling cross-dressing comedy Radio Times Film Guide