Movie #72: The Apartment

Movie #: 72
Movie Title: The Apartment
Year Released: 1960

Director: Billy Wilder
Notable Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen

Short Description: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #80
IMDB.com: #98
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #12
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #37



Date Watched: 7/31/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: As the start of a three movie stretch where I knew little to nothing about the movies I was about to watch, I had few expectations for The Apartment. Thankfully, it turned out to be quite a pleasant surprise. Jack Lemmon was a delight as apartment owner and aspiring managerial candidate C.C. Baxter and his troubles with pushy bosses wanting to use his place for their affairs in exchange for a good word with their bosses had just the right amount of humor. Better still, the doctor and wife next door stole every scene they were in.