A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Avanti! isn't a laugh-a-minute kind of a movie, and it's too long by maybe half an hour.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
This 1972 release is the most underrated of all Billy Wilder comedies and arguably the one that comes closest to the sweet mastery and lilting grace of his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch.