Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

JohnHowardReid A hit in New York, a reasonable success in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, Baltimore and other big cities, but a flop almost everywhere else in the U.S.A., It Should Happen To You poses some interesting questions not only about picture tastes from capital to capital and city to country, but also about fame/notoriety and personal satisfaction/fulfillment.To deal with the former questions, this is a movie that could aptly be described as sophisticated. Often this word is loosely used to mean sexy or voyeuristic. To me sophistication implies a mental or physical activity that has little if anything to do with eating, dressing, fighting, loving or surviving. Most movies primarily concern themselves with at least one of these essentials and are therefore unsophisticated. The Cruel Sea, surviving. Breakfast at Tiffany's, loving. Gone With the Wind, all five.It Should Happen To You is not primarily concerned with loving, although romance enters into its plot and affects its outcome. Nor is it concerned with physical survival. Its heroine wants more than house and home, clothes and husband. She wants success, not the sort of success recognized by a farmer or businessman, but simply recognition.It's been my experience that people who live on the land or are immersed in their work or the simple daily struggle to raise a family or earn enough money for necessities, have great difficulty coming to any sort of terms with, let alone appreciation of the need for recognition, outside of an immediate family or close community level. As for an artistic viewpoint regarding life and living, this is beyond their ken altogether. Writers, artists, composers, sculptors, even scientists, researchers and inventors are necessarily "mad", unless what they are about has a close commercial application. A writer of best-selling pulp novels or a discoverer of cheap, non-polluting fuel who has sold his patents to a suppressing oil company, would be regarded as rare examples of artists and scientists fit to join the human race. The concept, "Art for art's sake", is incomprehensible.Having no sympathy with, or understanding of the heroine of It Should Happen To You, much of the rural or working-class audience cannot understand the plot's basic premise, let alone appreciate the sly digs at television and "fame". A pity because Judy Holliday as usual gives a great performance, virtually carrying the acting burden of the movie entirely on her own demure shoulders. True, she does receive good support, and Lemmon makes an appealing hero in a debut that is somewhat removed from his usual characterizations.As we might expect from Cukor, his handling is both fluent and culture-conscious. The most memorable sequence is that in which the typical TV panel show is mercilessly pilloried. When I saw the movie at a weekday matinee, few members of the largely shopping housewives audience laughed. Yet the manager told me that the opening Saturday night crowd had "rolled in the aisles".

Charles Herold (cherold) I have a friend who has always wanted to be famous. Not famous for doing something, like writing a novel or acting in a movie or robbing a bank, but simply for existing.Apparently, there have always been people like my friend, because It Should Happen to You is about a woman who comes up with a scheme for attaining fame unattached to greater purpose.This movie could be described as likable actors making unlikable characters likable. Holliday, who begins the movie by obliviously tossing bird on a man, is a narcissist. Lemmon is the guy who claims he loves her yet continually harangues her. And sure, Holliday's idea is nuts, but why does Lemmon continually attacks her dream, and, for that matter, why on earth does he like her?It is a tribute to Holliday that she manages to make it all work, exuding a mix of sex, innocence, softness and steel that suggests someone more interesting than the script is offering. Holliday is funny and likable, and for that reason I'd say this is worth watching.

MartinHafer It's sad that Judy Holliday made so few movies before dying very prematurely in 1965. She had a marvelous screen presence--earthy but extremely likable. Here, as usual, she is in top form as the sweet but ditsy Gladys Glover. However, unlike several of her other films, this one featured a supporting performance that was so well done that for once, my attention was not just on Holliday. Jack Lemmon is here in his first film and he is marvelous as well. This is NOT in the same way as Holliday, but as a sweet everyman sort of character--one that actually improved the film tremendously. Together, they were better than any of Holliday's other films. Teaming her with talented actors such as William Holden ("Born Yesterday"), Dean Martin ("The Bells Are Ringing") and Aldo Ray ("The Marrying Kind") worked fine--but the Lemmon-Holliday teaming was perfect.The film begins with Holliday and Lemmon meeting in Central Park. She has just lost her job and he is a struggling documentary film maker getting shots for his next film. They begin to talk and it's obvious that there is some lovely chemistry between the characters. You really, really like the two and want to see them fall in love. And, so it would appear until something weird happened. On a lark, Holliday buys billboard space on which she simply has her name written. At first, nothing comes of it, but soon a lot of unexpected publicity results and Holliday becomes an instant star. While this would seem great, it drives a wedge between her and Lemmon. I liked this, as in some other romantic comedies, the guy is a jerk who just doesn't understand. In this case, your heart breaks for Lemmon, as he is wronged repeatedly as Holliday's attention is taken away from this sweet guy. For example, you can't help but feel for the shmoe when she blows off their date--their date to meet his parents! Can Judy get her head on straight and realize that there is more to life than publicity and notoriety? Or, will she lose the man in her life who is worth having? See this film and find out for yourself.There is a lot to love about about the film. The acting is first-rate, the writing is perhaps even better (if it's possible) and this little film packs an amazing punch. Sweet, memorable and perhaps Holliday's best--this is a great example of simple and highly effective film making. Not to be missed!

David One of the reasons I didn't know this film must be the terrible, forgettable title. However, it's a lovely film. What a debut for Jack Lemmon! Assured, slick, great timing. Pete Sheppard was the only character that didn't verge on caricature. Judy Holliday is great as the scatty, crazy, fame-seeker, and just about convinces as Gladys' character develops. Flimsy plot, but a subject worth dealing with: the pointlessness of fame for its own sake. Current generation of kids, take note!Nice shots of 1950s New York and portrayal of the excitement of live TV broadcasting.