The Apartment

1960 "Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!"
8.3| 2h5m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 21 June 1960 Released
Producted By: United Artists
Country: United States of America
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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.

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tylerjac-590-218503 Movies are made to be entertaining- not true to life documentaries. Gee, give it a break people! When you disparage the whole premise..... as non believable.... did you ever watch King Kong? Tarzan? Star Wars? E.T. ? ETC.? ETC. ?All movies are entertainment pieces, that's why we go to see them. To be entertained! Not taught a reality lesson. The acting was impeccable. It was cute. It was funny. It was sad.It was ENJOYABLE!Movies are for people to ESCAPE REALITY- not wallow in it.This is a FIVE STAR MOVIE ALL DAY LONG!
MJB784 When I first saw this movie I thought I liked it, but I watched it again and it was boring. The story was nothing special and I didn't find any humor. It seems very dated. I seem to find a lot of Billy Wilder's movies dated except Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd and Double Indemnity. I especially love Double Indemnity, but I found this slow and boring. I don't get the joke and I love comedy. Some Like it Hot has lots of laughs. Nothing very memorable seemed to happen during this one. Why is it so interesting that other people have affairs or dates in C.C. Baxter's apartment? What makes that so entertaining? I also don't understand the tone of this movie. Is it a romantic comedy? A drama? A situational comedy? Some of Billy Wilder's movies I understand why audiences enjoy and others I find boring. I also didn't get what was so funny about One, Two, Three. I liked Fortune Cookie and Front Page.
grantss Brilliant comedy-drama. Starts off as a comedy with a decent plot then develops into something so much more. Soon takes on darker tones and themes such as greed, ambition, depression, suicide, infidelity, misogyny, sexual harassment and the monotony of modern jobs plus issues such as the media, advertising and consumerism.Some of the themes are so confronting and controversial for a 1959-60 movie you're surprised they're in there.Yet, in among all the negative themes are many positives: compassion, caring, gentlemanliness, neighbourliness.Great performances by Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the lead roles. Both of them received Oscar nominations. Good support from Jack Kruschen (who received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination) and Fred MacMurray.Throw these all together and you have a wonderful, thought-provoking, emotional, realistic, funny movie. A true, timeless classic of the highest order.
m_mehdi_m62 The way that movie started one could never guess how exiting and romantic it will get down the road. The story drag the audience along and engage them pretty deeply. This movie is full of romance, surprises as well as great actors and actress. On color, no especial effect, no action and yet you enjoy them movie, that's all what good movie is about.