With his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award2 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
So arresting is Monroe's presence that when she's not on-screen, we wait impatiently, wondering, Where have you gone, Mrs. DiMaggio?
– Melissa Anderson,
Village Voice,
19 Jul 2005
rotten:
Monroe flaunts her attributes too blatantly, and seems less human because of it, while George Axelrod's play, fresh and risque in the '50s, now appears a little obvious and over-plotted.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Although it was directed by Billy Wilder, this 1955 CinemaScope classic sometimes seems presided over by Frank Tashlin, with its satire of 50s puritanism and its use of wimpy Tom Ewell.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
15 Aug 2007
fresh:
What counts is that laughs come thick and fast, that the general entertainment is light and gay.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
15 Aug 2007
rotten:
Despite the script's cleverness, the presence of Tom Ewell, who is a first rate comedian and Oscar Homolka, who has long been a first rate actor, the entire film continually misses fire and fizzles out, like defective fireworks.