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

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

nomorefog I had a relative take me to see this film on a Saturday morning when I was eleven years old at a cinema in my hometown of Sydney which doesn't exist any more (I'm referring to the cinema, not my hometown of Sydney). I found a video copy on ex-rental many years later and used to watch it often. 'The April Fools' is clumsy but charming, Maybe its even morally challenged by condoning adultery. But I don't care. it isn't terribly subtle or astute, about anything in particular. It does however, contain that inscrutable spark of life that manages to keep the audience's interest flickering for 100 minutes or so before they begin to drift off again.The leading performers are Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve, the latter at the time an actress better known for her work in European cinema and considered to be above this kind of Hollywood silliness. But she is still in the movie and has a wonderful presence; I can't imagine anyone else playing the part. Deneuve stooped to conquer American movies for a time but she returned to Europe, eventually continuing an already distinguished career as if her attempt to conquer Hollywood had never happened. Ms Deneuve's English in this film isn't very good; she is however, playing a French visitor to American shores, so her hesitant delivery, seems natural as it is meant to be an aspect of her character. Both Lemmon and Deneuve are married, but unfortunately not to each other; both are not happy with their relationships and find solace in each other's company. They end up having an affair, and it is all very predictable, but in such a way that is completely delightful.A title song sung by Dionne Warwick and colourful sixties costumes and sets and lots of disco dancing make the film an entertaining relic; the opening sequence where Lemmon, as an advertising executive, is the reluctant attendee of a strange and wild sixties party is very funny and the best part of the film. 'The April Fools' eventually runs out of steam due to a lack of comic ideas and becomes a timefiller because of a lack of attention to the script that resorts to slapstick at the expense of character. Deneuve leaves her husband and Lemmon decides to accompany her to Paris. They leave behind two disgruntled spouses, one Sally Kellerman and the other Peter Lawford who are perfectly set in their ways, extraordinarily boring people and not likely to miss them at all.'The April Fools' is not the kind of film to get cerebral about. It's about people finding the chance to be happy and grabbing onto it with dear life. I can see now that as a youngster I was taken in by its sense of the time ie a 'youthful carfreeness' that was meant to be part of the charm of the sixties. I was also not weighed down by the critical facilities of an adult, and this is definitely not a critic's film. The April Fools gave me the impression that the sixties were a lot of fun with all of that dancing and music and carrying on with other people's partners, but somehow I doubt if that was the film's original intention, which remains a mystery now as much as it was when I first saw it as a child. Brainwave! Maybe it was just meant to be entertainment.

William Brown (wdbrown) I have always loved this movie, and, in many ways, relate to the Howard Brubaker character. Is it a great movie? Absolutely not. But it is romantic, humorous, and touching in many ways. This was my first glimpse of Catherine Deneuve outside of a pilfered Playboy, and she was nearly enough to make me forget Diana Rigg. I have always thought that Jack Lemmon was great, and being an old movie buff, I was very happy to see Myrna Loy and Charles Boyer.In many ways this film can be considered silly. Boyer's chasing of Lemmon, the total detachment of Sally Kellerman's character, the locker room style boasting of Brubaker's friends, and finally the hasty courtship and decision to flee made by Lemmon and Deneuve. But, somehow it works. The touching love of Boyer and Loy is the perfect counterpoint to the blossoming relationship of Lemmon and Deneuve. And the similar ways in which Catherine and Howard are objectified by their respective spouses (Brubaker's wife considers him a source of funding for her projects while Guenther thinks of his wife as his greatest acquisition) insures fertile ground for anything resembling true warmth and emotion. Don't think of this as some throwaway romantic comedy. Think of this, instead, as an Everyman's Romantic Fantasy. In reality we think not only of sex at the drop of a hat (not present in this movie), but also of meeting a beautiful woman who immediately recognizes the real man within and is willing to drop all for the love of that man.I love this movie.I remember Rex Reed saying that this was a horrible mess and that Catherine Deneuve should never make anything without English subtitles. Well, Deneuve has gone on to become one of the world's respected actresses in any language, and Reed's greatest claim to fame was appearing in Myra Breckinridge.Don't be afraid to give this movie a chance.

Doghouse-6 Whatever praise - and criticism - has been directed at this film in other comments here is pretty much right on. But the elements considered by some as flaws need not necessarily be bothersome; they aren't to me. That all of the supporting characters are rather broadly drawn caricatures works, I think, because it leaves Lemmon and Deneuve, at the heart of the story, the only seemingly real people in it, one might say. Isn't that the way love is sometimes? Maybe everyone around you thinks you're nuts (hence the title?), but to the smitten couple, the exact opposite seems the case.What we really have here is the late-60s equivalent of screwball romantic comedy. As such, it's full of colorful characters and unlikely situations, with a good dose of social satire thrown in - with marriage, in particular, under the microscope. We have high-powered executive Lawford and Deneuve, his neglected trophy wife; put-upon suburbanite Lemmon and Kellerman, his self-absorbed, psychobabble-spouting spouse; Weston trying to be the assertive "man of the house" with his bickering "Mimsy;" Loy and Boyer as the long-married and still very much in love eccentrics. But THE APRIL FOOLS isn't about marriage, of course; it's about love.If you can find this picture, which is pretty hard to do as of this writing, it will reward with wonderful moments, delivered by a varied cast which pretty much represents the spectrum of players: the just-emerging Kellerman, Dillon and Mars; Lemmon, Lawford and Weston in their prime and old pros Boyer and Loy. Deneuve finds herself in an unfamiliar milieu here, but with her character that works in her favor. It's unexpected - and thoroughly amusing - when she suddenly lashes out at Mars: "Leesen, if you toush me agayne, I'll geev you a sock-in-the-eye!"My favorite moment: Lemmon's awkward attempt to be suave and "come on" to a sexy blond at Lawford's swanky party. The payoff is priceless.

Chris-147 Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve make a dream-couple in this drama/comedy movie. Catherine is sick and tired of her adulterous husband and meets Jack at a party. They spend some time together and when Jack realizes his wife loves redecorating the house ten times more than she loves him, he decides to elope with Catherine. A very nice romantic comedy, not much seen and definitely underrated. By the way, if you're into 60s psychedelic parties and fashion, be sure to check this one out!