Some Like It Hot

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, 95% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Some Like It Hot: A spry, quick-witted farce that never drags.
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    James JacksonTimes (UK)
    Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.
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    Jake ColeSlant Magazine
    Kino gives Billy Wilders racy comic masterpiece its best-ever home video presentation, highlighting the films visual beauty alongside the taut perfection of its screenplay.
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    Jack MoffittThe Hollywood Reporter
    Some Like It Hot is another supersonic, breakneck, belly-laugh comedy that should be a block-busting bonanza at the box office.
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    Chris CabinSlant Magazine
    The film is an outrageous, hilarious, and amazingly unpretentious trip through a funhouse of sexual identities.
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    Anupama ChopraFilm Companion
    Some Like It Hot was released in 1959 but its effervescence and sparkle are timeless. I guarantee that it will make you laugh out loud.
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    Guardian StaffGuardian
    The pace is fast and the humour -- especially Mr Lemmon's -- is often hilarious. It is pleasant to meet again such old familiars as Mr Raft and Mr Brown; and Miss Monroe, as always, is irresistible.
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    Jeff BeckThe Blu Spot
    Billy Wilder's marvelous comedy Some Like It Hot remains a timeless classic of the genre, proving itself to be just as funny & charming as it was over 65 years ago, all thanks to its top-notch cast, brilliant screenplay, and outstanding direction.
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    Peter PiatkowskiPopMatters
    Jack Lemmon's judgment of Marilyn Monroe's comedic brilliance is validated on the silver screen.
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    Jet StaffJet Magazine
    Probably one of the year’s best prescriptions for banishing the blues is a rollicking new motion picture entitled Some Like It Hot.
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    Moira WalshThe Catholic World
    Some Like It Hot is the wildest and wooliest comedy since Preston Sturges left Hollywood and the Marx Brothers disbanded as a team... Director (and co-author) Billy Wilder is one of the best in the business and knew exactly what he was doing.
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