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Summary: Casting mistake
Review: Tom Ewell/ Richard Sherman was unwatchable in this movie. I thought he was hideous, irritating, ridiculous and boring. He wasn't at all funny. Who wants to watch an entire movie where this imbecile talks to himself the entire time? I could not stand him; he was abhorable.He ruined the movie for me, but I gave it as many stars as I did because Marilyn was in it. She was glorious. She was fabulous.
And there was that legendary white dress.
I couldn't give it the insultory one star, because She was in it. But I couldn't give it any higher than 2 because of Ewell, he was that disturbing to me.
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Summary: One of the Cool Movies of 50's
Review: I heard a lot about this movie before I saw this, especially for Marilyn Monroe's sexy pose adjusting her skirt on top of the subway air outlet. I was surprised, for the movie had so much more commendable. The movie is a splendid comedy about a man (Tom Ewell) married for seven years, itching over a beautiful blonde neighbor (Marilyn, of course), when his wife is off for the summer. Afterall, who wouldn't, for Monroe? The plot is nice enough for a nonstop comedy through out the movie. As usual, being a blonde, Marilyn is portrayed as a dumb and beautiful girl in the character. Specific scenes including the one where Tom tries to impress her with his taste for music are hilarious. At times, you wonder if the movie was taken depending only on Monroe for she engrosses, blending so harmoniously in her role. The screenplay is impressive with loads of gag lines. Adding this movie is sure to give your comedy collection a better look.
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Summary: When Fantasy Takes Flesh
Review: That's the temptation facing summer bachelor Tom Ewell when, on the evening of the day he put wife Evelyn Keyes and sonny boy on the train to Maine, he finds out that va-va-va-voom Marilyn Monroe has just sublet the apartment upstairs. Ewell's got one overactive imagination, and that's where the comedy of the piece comes from. He fantasizes constantly about what will happen with various women in his life, and the reality of what does happen when the delightfully dizzy Marilyn agrees to come downstairs for a drink is a real laugh riot. "The Seven Year Itch" gives us one of the most famous images of Marilyn, when she stands above the subway grid so that the passing breeze blows her skirt up. It's a scorcher of a summer, and that's what occasions her joy with the gust of air, as Ewell stands passively just takin' it all in. I saw this film one summer on a hot pier on the Hudson River, and my friend--who to my amazement claimed never to have actually laid eyes on MM before--confided to me, "Wow, she's actually a lot bigger than I thought!" Well, she warn't no waif, that's for sure.
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Summary: Lotsa laughs
Review: The movie that shows about 2 seconds of Marilyn's very famous skirt-blowing scene is terribly funny,although it was a little controversial when it was made.Once again,MM plays a sweet,beautiful girl who is completely naive to her own sex-appeal.
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Summary: Tom Ewell saves the day
Review: The first 30 minutes of this movie was hilarous, I was laughing so hard. But as it goes on, it is kind of dragging. I think the movie depends a lot on the major charactor Richard and his entertaining imaginations. The guy who played him, Tom Ewell, is wonderful. I am a little disappointed by Marilyn Monroe's role however. Her job in this film was just walking around wearing different sexy dresses (no complain here but I was expecting more)Playing a dumb girl, she really under-utilized her talent. But I guess she had no control over it. Come to think of it, how dumb people were just a few decades ago, when they thought "pretty blondes are dumb" kind of jokes are funny? Waaaaaay out of fashion these days.
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Summary: Innocence and imagination
Review: This is without doubt one of the great works of American innocence in film. Tom Ewell's Richard Sherman uses his powerful imagination to conjure up a whole slew of scenarios--some driven by 'pretend'-lust, some, by paranoia--to depict the colorful mental life of an editor in a small-time publishing office, circa 1955, whose day-to-day existence cries out for adventure. The presence of Marilyn Monroe is the perfect added ingredient here; he needs SOME objectification to make his fantasies spring to life--and here she is! The comedy here is great and works so well because of Sherman's constant, nervous imagination, fidgeting with scores of images that fly in and out that blow whatever his current situation is way out of proportion, and the leading lady's blithe, intentionally dopey disregard for baser intentions. The combination of her innocence and obvious sexuality is a really potent one that leads Sherman into all kinds of imagined trouble and a supporting character, played by Robert Strauss, to say upon first glance of her, "Well, HELLO"--justifiably so. This film is much funnier than many more recent American comedies that take their comedy too seriously--because the writers and/or directors don't have the understanding of how to juxtapose opposites--the mark of any great comedy. Here that understanding is so well done it's a real marvel. The opposites of innocence and lust, fear and joy, happiness and frustration, are all mixed in so well with each other, this can't help but be a great comedic film. A real joy!
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Summary: Rachminoff's 2nd Piano Concerto and...Chopsticks..!!
Review: The above scene must be the most hilarious in all of filmdom. Tom Ewell (the married, frustrated Lothario whose wife andson have left town for this extrahot summer) playing Hugh Hefner before anyone had heard of Hefner, fancy bathrobe and all.(Note this is only a dream). Then again, this scene would not really fly today, since the average person probably has no clue what the "Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto" is. A lot funnier than the more famous outdoor subway vent scene (which hastened Marilyn's divorce from DiMaggio). As others say here, Marilyn looks like dynamite here, the best ever,and is she funny, as is the whole flick!!
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Summary: Definitive Monroe
Review: This is the movie! This is the one that really let Monroe show how wonderful she really was. No one was more adorable or charming. Its a joy to watch. I can't believe Tom Ewell actually resisted her! My favorite line-"I like married men, because you know they're never going to ask you to marry them". My favorite scene-When bumbling Ewell asks her if she wants a cold drink-"That sounds cool!" she says.
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Summary: Classic Monroe!
Review: I must admit that I do for the most time find blonde women to fair to ok looking. However, Monroe is an exception. She is not Bacall pretty, yet for a blonde she is quite beautifull indeed. Her acting skills in this movie, i.e.,The Seven Year Itch
VHS ~ Marilyn Monroe , is nothing to look down on either and she was unfortunately type cast in many of her roles as the stupid bimbo or the dumb blonde. The seven year itch is a classic with many good scenes and one has the feeling that some of the lines a person that is somewhat inteligent would think twice before saying. Overall, though it is a blast with many funny scenes. Highly recommended.
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Summary: THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH(1955)
Review: THE MOVIE WAS KIND OF FUNNY.MY MOTHER HAS THIS MOVIE.
I WATCHED IT OVER 10 TIMES.I THOUGHT TOM EWELL WAS KIND
OF FUNNY.MARILYN MONROE WAS DOUMB IN THIS MOVIE.SHE IS DOUMB IN EVERY MOVIE.THE STORY LINE WAS OK.
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