Fresh
Wilder, a bilious and mercurial wit, here becomes a wide-screen master of time ...
Richard Brody, New Yorker
The Apartment
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
1960 · 2h 6m · Approved
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Billy Wilder
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The Apartment
Overview
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Director and cast
- Billy Wilder Director
- Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter
- Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik
- Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Sheldrake
- Ray Walston as Joe Dobisch
- Jack Kruschen as Dr. Dreyfuss
- David Lewis as Al Kirkeby
- Hope Holiday as Margie MacDougall
- Joan Shawlee as Sylvia
- Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
- Johnny Seven as Karl Matuschka
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Directed by Wilder with attention to detail and emotional reticence that belie its inherent darkness and melodramatic core, it's lifted considerably by the performances.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
With tremendous performances by the two leads (Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine), this is yet another "must see" title to be found on Wilder's resume.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Most of the time, it's up to director Wilder to sustain a two-hour-plus film on treatment alone, a feat he manages to accomplish more often than not, and sometimes the results are amazing.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
I wouldn't call this 1960 picture one of Billy Wilder's best comedies -- it's drab, sappy, and overlong at 125 minutes.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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