Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Billy Wilder and IAL Diamond. You got a problem with that? If you can buy that Hepburn would fall for the aged Cooper with a face like a saddle bag (and I say she would — he wears a white tie and lives in hotels!) then you won’t have a problem. There are some classic bits of vaudeville schtick here, as well as some perfect gem scenes that only Wilder can deliver. . .the subtle use of sound cues for innuendo, the swiftly yet perfectly drawn side characters, the recurring jokes. The movie is great fun and if you don’t like movies like this then I have nothing to say to you.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.