I adore the conciet of this movie and it certainly does have some hilarious moments, but its execution is often just tired. Wilder, Lemmon, and Matthau, as wonderful as they are even here, are just too old to successfully pull this off at this point in their careers. There's still fun to be had, and I hope an actual HD version comes out one day rather than this old DVD rip. But at the very least you have one of the most absurd Klaus Kinski roles ever, and that's really saying something! At least I've watched all of Billy Wilder's movies now!
I adore the conciet of this movie and it certainly does have some hilarious moments, but its execution is often just tired. Wilder, Lemmon, and Matthau, as wonderful as they are even here, are just too old to successfully pull this off at this point in their careers. There's still fun to be had, and I hope an actual HD version comes out one day rather than this old DVD rip. But at the very least you have one of the most absurd Klaus Kinski roles ever, and that's really saying something! At least I've watched all of Billy Wilder's movies now!
