Irma La Douce (1963)

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• Stefanie C

  
  This is a fun film, but it doesn't near comparison to wilder's work with the two stars in 'the apartment." ...but no one said that it should.

• AJ V

  
  This is another really funny movie from WIlder, and starring the great Jack Lemmon. The story isn't new, and it's predictable sometimes, but that doesn't make the movie an less funny.

• Lady D

  
  A brilliant comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley McClane where the charcters and situation escalate way out of control and have hilarious consequences. The humour is still fairly subtle, but this is a totally unique quirky gem of a film, which has gone straight into to my… More
  A brilliant comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley McClane where the charcters and situation escalate way out of control and have hilarious consequences. The humour is still fairly subtle, but this is a totally unique quirky gem of a film, which has gone straight into to my favourites list.

• Greg S

  
  In Paris, naive cop Patou (Jack Lemmon) falls in love with top prostitute Irma (Shirley MacClaine). The dialogue is witty and Lemmon shines at times, but even at two-and-a-half hours the odd mix of lighthearted comedy and should-be-sordid subject matter never gels in tone.

• Red L

  
  This is a movie I heard about, but never saw until 2008. Can you have a prostitute who has a heart of gold and is proud of her work? Shirley MacLaine does a great job. According to Wikipedia, Marilyn Monroe was originally cast as Irma, but she didn't live long enough to make… More
  This is a movie I heard about, but never saw until 2008. Can you have a prostitute who has a heart of gold and is proud of her work? Shirley MacLaine does a great job. According to Wikipedia, Marilyn Monroe was originally cast as Irma, but she didn't live long enough to make the movie.

• Byron B

  
  Lou Jacobi played a good supporting role. I do really enjoy Billy Wilder's sense of humor. Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine are great actors. But, it's hard to explain why I didn't love it. I guess I thought it wasn't based in reality enough.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Irma La Douce", the title character(Shirley MacLaine) is a prostitute working the streets in a Parisian neighborhood under the thumb of a particularly violent pimp, Hippolyte(Bruce Yarnell). Things are generally rosy for Hippolyte and his fellow… More
  [font=Century Gothic]In "Irma La Douce", the title character(Shirley MacLaine) is a prostitute working the streets in a Parisian neighborhood under the thumb of a particularly violent pimp, Hippolyte(Bruce Yarnell). Things are generally rosy for Hippolyte and his fellow pimps. They hang out all night at a bistro while their women earn money for them. They pay off the cops to look the other way and the police oblige, only occasionally making the token bust. However, one day, an honest, naive cop, Nestor Patou(Jack Lemmon), is transferred to the neighborhood. Noticing the place is rife with prostitutes, he calls in a raid on the local cathouse, the Hotel Casanova. His boss(Herschel Bernardi) is caught in the raid and is none too amused, promptly firing Nestor who retires to the bistro to drown his sorrows...[/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Irma La Douce" is an inspired, daft and very, very funny farce that occasionally is too silly for its own good. It is helped immensely by the performances of its two stars(and a special mention for Ms. MacLaine's hips...) and Lou Jacobi nearly steals it out from under them.[/font]

• Sarah P

  
  It was funny, but too long. Enjoyable though.

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