It literally took me 5 separate sittings to get through this movie. I kept falling asleep after watching like 10 minutes of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthou bickering back and forth. Ugh. Was this comedy in the 60s? I don't think I have the attention span for 1960s humor. I'm a 90s bitch (I Love It).
It's almost like a bottle movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_episode). Like 90% of the movie takes place on the same apartment set with only the two main characters which is really boring. It's like the bottle episode of Breaking Bad, The Fly. The Fly is like a metaphor for Walter White's life. If he can't kill one fly then he can't control a single thing in his life. In this movie, being trapped in the apartment amplifies the tension between these two characters that are complete opposites living together. So I get why most of the movie takes place on one set but it's also kind of lame. And this movie is also based on a play, so the limited scenery makes sense. However, maybe this should have stayed a play because I was not a fan.
Everybody knows the music from this movie. Even if you think you don't, I guarantee that you do. It has been stuck in my head for about a week now. Kudos to this film for creating iconic music but I don't think it was funny.
I'm not doubting that Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthou make a good team since they made like 10 movies together. However, I think comedy-wise, this movie doesn't stand the test of time. Or maybe my upbringing as a millenial has stunted my comedic understanding. I just hate when people in movies don't have cell phones.
Funny-o-meter- 1/10
I didn't laugh once.
Maybe The Odd Couple II was better? It came out in 1998, a perfect year for movies (Dr. Dolittle, Babe, and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)
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