With his family away for the summer, a man lusts after his curvaceous neighbor. Starting with "Sunset Blvd." in 1950 and ending with "The Apartment" in 1960, Wilder made a remarkable string of classics, a decade of excellence that no other director has matched. The sole stinker among the ten films is this lame comedy. It has some amusing moments, but not enough to sustain it. Based on a play where many of the lines are delivered via a monologue, the film retains the format, although it's silly to have Ewell talking to himself. The film is mainly remembered for the iconic picture of Monroe with her skirt blowing up, but ironically the full shot does not appear in the film.
Review of The Seven Year Itch
