The Apartment

This film had me entranced from the start. This is one of the most inventive and interesting plots I have ever seen. I’m beyond impressed. The acting is absolutely amazing. Jack Lemon, especially, is a treat to watch. I’ve never seen someone embody the role of a clumsy doormat, for lack of a better term, as well as him. He plays a character with no charisma with the most charisma possible. It looks so natural. I was very impressed. The script is another amazing part of this film. It was so well written and on that note, the plot is even better, as I mentioned. Expanding on that, the satiric nature of this film works so well with the intricacies of the romance and the complexities of all the characters and their actions intertwining. The reasons for characters actions are not easily seen until you actually think about the deeper reasons and I love that. This was a lot deeper of a film, thematically, than I think it gets credit for. I think “when you’re in love with a married man, don’t wear mascara” is an amazing line and one of the best I’ve ever heard on screen. This was absolutely amazing. My only gripe with it is the ending, I think “shut up and deal” is not the best they could have come up with but everything before that was great.