Nonureva Really Surprised!

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

moonspinner55 Glossy nonsense from screenwriters Stanley Shapiro (who also produced) and Nate Monaster begins as a cute working-girl comedy but, with hardly a shift in tone, suddenly morphs into a battle-of-the-sexes vehicle, with Dean Martin and Stella Stevens substituting for Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Corporate sharks Martin and Eli Wallach aren't very convincing cast as buddies in New York City--so when Martin offers to test the loyalty of Wallach's mistress, it seems like a lot of thankless work. Dino has the wrong girl anyway, and Stevens is put in the exhausting position of playing the flirt, the fool, the victim and the avenger. Director Fielder Cook stages the action rather limply, failing to inspire his cast (Martin only livens up in the final 30 minutes). The plushy picture looks good (except for a ridiculous yellow ensemble with black attributes and matching skull-cap worn by Stevens in the first cemetery scene), but its early promise is reneged on. Shapiro's comedies with Hudson and Day, "Pillow Talk" and "Lover Come Back", had some pep; this boudoir battle royale seems stagnant for 1968, with a depressing overall air of resignation. **1/2 from ****

vincentlynch-moonoi As a huge fan of Dean Martin, this has long been one of my favorite Dino pics. And the pairing of Dean and Stella is just perfect.Dean Martin plays an executive type who is best friends with Eli Wallach, a department store executive. Wallach is having an affair, and Dean advises him to go back to his wife. Dean sets out to prove that the lady Wallach is having an affair with is a pure and simple opportunist. Meanwhile, Dean mistakenly thinks Stella Stevens is the woman Wallach is having an affair with; she works in the department store Wallach owns. Instead, he is having an affair with Anne Jackson, who is every bit the wonderful woman Wallach thinks she is. Through a series of misunderstandings, Wallach comes to believe Dean's advice and dumps Jackson and goes on an ill-fated trip with his wife. Dean and Stella Stevens get wrapped up in a fake affair that starts with Dean trying to prove she is unworthy to be Wallach's mistress. Of course we know that Dean and Stella, and Wallach and Jackson will live happily ever after, but it's a great trip to see how that comes about.While this was written by Stanley Shapiro, who wrote 3 of Doris Day's biggest hit films, I don't see this as a Doris Day/Rock Hudson type picture, although admittedly there are some similarities. Dean had a very different persona than Hudson, and this film required a male lead who could play things tongue in cheek...and Dean does to the max. Doris Day was usually somewhat sophisticated in her films, but Stella Stevens plays her role as an almost simple woman (not dumb, just totally uncomplicated, and rather unsophisticated...but not in a manner-less way); and Stevens plays it brilliantly, perhaps making this one of her best roles.I've never quite decided on whether or not this was a good role for Eli Wallach. It certainly is a different role for him. I wouldn't say he has comedic talent, but perhaps it needed to be played straight. Anne Jackson -- Wallach's real-life wife -- is great as the mistress. Betty Field has some good scenes as an older mistress (now alone) living in the same building. It's nice to see Jack Albertson as something other than the man in "Chico And The Man". Alan Oppenheimer has a very funny stint as a store manager who likes to seduce female sales associates.This is a very cleverly written movie, with nary a non-funny scene throughout! Excellent dialog that leads to tons of misunderstandings. A lesser writer than Shapiro couldn't have come up with such a complicated and thoroughly humorous script without missing a few beats...but no beats are missed here! Most of Dean's movies get a "7" rating from me, but this one is good enough (if you like drawing room comedies) for me to give it an "8".

dick lillard Despite being a 30 year old dyed-in-the-wool film buff when this was released I don't remember hearing about it.That despite being a huge fan of Dean Martin and his "playboy" sensibility at the time. (Still am.) This was approximately the period when the country's sense of humor slowly began to change to that of irony and sarcasm.In less than 10 years it would be David Letterman, the Smothers Brothers, and Saturday Night Live.The humor extant in this film would be relegated to dreary TV sitcoms. Dean holds his own with Eli Wallach (no easy feat) and he really seems to be working a little harder than usual to get the laughs.While I'm not familiar with Stella Stevens' body of work (no pun intended)if this is representative then she bears closer examination(again no pun intended). The best way to put it? This is 1968's version of those great screwball comedies that dominated the 30's and early 40's and it doesn't do too badly by comparison.

tonyodysseus This is a very well written movie. I missed the very beginning. I wasn't prepared for the articulate war of the sexes theme. Some people might consider it too talky. At times it sounded like a George Bernard Shaw play. Sometimes it seemed that Dino was sleepwalking and this much wordplay was a little too much for him. Perhaps the interesting dimensions owe something to the participation of Wallach his wife. Movies from this period project a particular mise en scene of imperial America at its zenith of hubris and naivitee. The characters Martin and Wallach play are unselfconsciously "upper class" and enjoy the life of extreme privilege without any consideration if they deserve their good fortune. The US was up to its neck in Vietnam at the time and modern consumer society was being born. A nice old chestnut from a time we can remember fondly but not aspire to emulate.