The Apartment

Such gritty material is infused with Wilder’s compassion and defined by two towering central performances.

Though lighter than Arrows 2018 release on the extras front, Kinos 4K of The Apartment provides the definitive home-video presentation of one of Billy Wilders greatest films.

This is a polished production, naughty, ironic, occasionally poignantly sad, and as sparkling as a Fourth of July fireworks display.

[Jack Lemmon] is a genuine actor, not in the same universe with most of his film contemporaries, who are mere behavers. This picture is not good enough for him. Still, his performance makes it worth a visit.

Director Wilder has come up with another real winner in The Apartment... It is a film with plenty of fun and one that promises hope in a society whose moral standards seems to be rapidly deteriorating

Anybody complaining that modern Hollywood comedy doesn't have the old human touch, the heart once supplied by directors like Frank Capra and Gregory LaCava, ought to see this. It is one of the best films of the year.

The screenplay by Wilder and IAL Diamond is as fresh and sparkling now as it ever was.

One of the great American films

The Apartment works as both poignant tragedy and romantic comedy. As smart as a whip, The Apartment is as enchanting as it is thought-provoking. A terrific examination of the desperation to get ahead in corporate America as well as a study in melancholy.

The Apartment is an all-around masterclass in cinema.