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Winner of numerous Academy and BAFTA Awards, Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT blends his customary harsh cynicism with a humane streak that appears only fleetingly in his films. The movie stars Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter, an office clerk who curries favor with the executives in his office by giving them the key to his small .. Read more

Starring	Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Director	Billy Wilder
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- Most of the time, it's up to director Wilder to sustain a two-hour-plus film on treatment alone, a feat he manages to accomplish more often than not, and sometimes the results are amazing
- 42312
- - Variety
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 00:04
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  Bud Baxter is an ...
  
  Bud Baxter is an ambitious drone at a major insurance company, and he has a problem. The senior executives have got in the habit of borrowing his apartment for ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - davehaviland#1
  - LONDON
  - 29 Dec 2003 at 19:51
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  Mixed Feelings
  
  This film has feels like a heartwarming classic all the way through, has a musical score to support that with a fantastic ending.
  
  However although ... read more »
  
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- - LadyS
  - 2 reviews
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 13:14
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  Strange Concept!
  
  There is something strange about this film-in fact the entire concept but that doesn't take away the brilliance of Lemmon. His features and even movement ... read more »
  
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- 1013236
- - buffyrules
  - 164 reviews
  - southend on sea
  - 05 Jul 2011 at 11:12
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  - 0
  Deservedly a classic
  
  One of those classic night-in films. Easy to watch, well acted, good production and entertaining story although it didn't know when to finish.
  
  CC... read more »
  
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- 1003974
- - a customer
  - 12 Jun 2011 at 19:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Entertaining and moving
  
  Man lets executives use his apartment for entertaining mistresses, works his way up company ladder in return, in love with lift girl, she has complications, man... read more »
  
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- 979426
- - Bassman71
  - 426 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 06 Apr 2011 at 09:04
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  Charming and Fun
  
  C.C Baxtor is a quirky, lively and somewhat spineless employee working for an insurance company in New York. Though loved by his peers and popular in the ... read more »
  
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- - brianw4815
  - 122 reviews
  - United Kingdom
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 02:09
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  Liked it a lot!
  
  Sorry I am not more original with that one, but I really liked it! It was fun to watch,(specially for those liking the 60's set up like me). It made me ... read more »
  
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- - Shaloma
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 15:47
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  Surprisingly Insightful
  
  I was pleasantly surprised when I at last got around to watching this. The movie is shockingly insightful; not really what you might expect from this era. The ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 11 Jan 2011 at 09:51
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  Superb Acting
  
  The idea for this film is very good however the storyline is dragged out, to the point you start to wonder how much longer... Can't fault the acting though... read more »
  
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- - TheWeeYin
  - 1 review
  - Hamilton
  - 05 Jan 2011 at 19:24
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  OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC!!!
  
  WOW, THE APARTMENT IS A QUALITY FILM, HONESTLY WELL WORTH A WATCH!!!
  
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- - Stuart Neill
  - CARDIFF, WALES.
  - 01 Dec 2010 at 10:57
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  I loved this film
  
  The parts were brilliantly cast and the movie was, in my opinion, quite faultless.
  
  I loved the back drop of this movie- the charming innocence and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 02 Nov 2010 at 14:34
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- - 20
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  Bud Baxter is an ...
  
  Bud Baxter is an ambitious drone at a major insurance company, and he has a problem. The senior executives have got in the habit of borrowing his apartment for ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 26425
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - davehaviland#1
  - LONDON
  - 29 Dec 2003 at 19:51
- - 12
  - 0
  Comedy-wise and romance-wise this film is tops!
  
  This is one of the best films of all time - no question. Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine play off each other perfectly and Wilder and Diamond's script is ... read more »
  
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- - chlo
  - Kent
  - 03 Feb 2004 at 14:30
- - 6
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  The old ones are best...
  
  This has to be one of the slickest bits of directing ever. Just look at the scene in the bar with Jack Lemmon and Joyce Jameson (as the floozie) WOW! - it'... read more »
  
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- - serendipitous
  - North Yorkshire
  - 31 Jan 2005 at 20:41
- - 4
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  His Finest Moment
  
  Oscar winning movie rated at #82 on IMDB's top movies of all time.
  
  Jack Lemmon plays the hapless CC Baxter who lets himself be used like a door ... read more »
  
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- 7736
- - Daniel Carl
  - Kilmarnock, Scotland
  - 15 Jun 2004 at 23:47
- - 3
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  Classic Film
  
  An all time classic film with a story line that could still happen today - 45 years later. I saw this years ago when I was younger and watching it now can ... read more »
  
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- - Yorkshireman
  - lancashire
  - 04 May 2005 at 22:07
- - 3
  - 2
  Tricks of the memory
  
  I thought I loved this film. When I watched it years ago, I thought it was witty and sharp. My recent viewing was disappointing. Loving Jack Lemmon and thinking... read more »
  
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- - Dramarama
  - Wiltshire
  - 04 Oct 2005 at 12:34
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  The Apartment
  
  I need to report the disc that you sent out did not work and we would like to rent out this film again
  
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- - a customer
  - Brighton
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 14:13
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  The Apartment
  
  felt it neccesary to give this film a separate blog entry of its own just to show how much i thought of it (kinda like only using the one condom when your with... read more »
  
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- - Ultimo Jarvi
  - Thundera
  - 10 Sep 2008 at 00:28
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  a silver oldie
  
  Was it just me or is this film not a bit dated? When I mean 'dated' I know there are what as known as 'classics' which have 'timeless' ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 14 Mar 2006 at 13:47
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  Billy Wilder at his best
  
  Once again a beautiful witty script. Wonderfully directed and still terribly funny.
  
  What else can you expect from one of the best film makers ever?
  
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- - a customer
  - Dorset
  - 21 Mar 2006 at 19:28

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Critics' reviews
- Most of the time, it's up to director Wilder to sustain a two-hour-plus film on treatment alone, a feat he manages to accomplish more often than not, and sometimes the results are amazing
- 42312
- - Variety
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 00:04
- Agreeably mordant and cynical comedy with a sparkling view of city office life and some deftly handled individual sequences.
- 31240
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Diamond-sharp satire with a brilliant performance from Lemmon as the insurance clerk who forges ahead in the rat race... read more on Time Out
- 44462
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- This comedy tells truths about American business and sexual morés as uncomfortable now as they were in 1960
- 42309
- - Empire
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 00:04
- Diamond-sharp satire with a brilliant performance from Lemmon
- 42311
- - Time Out
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 00:04
- A gleeful, tender and even sentimental film
- 42310
- - New York Times
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 00:04

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  Winner of numerous Academy and BAFTA Awards, Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT blends his customary harsh cynicism with a humane streak that appears only fleetingly in his films. The movie stars Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter, an office clerk who curries favor with the executives in his office by giving ...