When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.
Every few years in Hollywood the stars align and the perfect Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay are grouped on one film. This is the hallmark of those types of films. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Billy Wilder take a screenplay about thirty years ahead of its time and make pure cinema magic. This is also one of the first super successful attempts at comedy-drama. The movie is very witty and laughs abound, but it is dealing with some pretty tough subjects such as the rise of corporate America, adultery, and suicide. The chemistry between Lemmon and MacLaine is flawless (so much so that they pair again with Wilder on another movie coming up on this list). Billy Wilder also continues his domnation of this list and makes me realize I need to see the rest of his films immediately. Anyway, "that's the way it crumbles.... cookie-wise."
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