Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:15
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
Reviews for Kiss Me, Stupid
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Characteristically cynical, clever and brash, it's helped out enormously by the performances of Martin, Farr and (particularly) Novak... Full Review |
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Novak is surprisingly affecting as the whore who is determined to make something of herself. Full Review |
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Wilder, usually a director of considerable flair and inventiveness -- has not been able this time out to rise above a basically vulgar, as well as creatively delinquent, screenplay... Full Review |
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Sprinkling in bad jokes and Rat Pack references, Dean Martin's comic timing and delivery is impeccable -- as he parodies and deconstructs his image as a notorious lover and drunk. Full Review |
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Whatever ambitions this romantic comedy might have had, they were never realized. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
Early production problems show, still fun Wilder
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What separates 'Stupid' from so many of the so-called 'sex comedies' of the period is its combination of cynicism and directness. Beneath the teasing and the titillation there are some genuinely provocative themes... Full Review |
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Undeniably lewd, Kiss Me, Stupid exemplifies the go-go Rat Pack sexual sensibilities that fed the American appetite in the dawn of the sexual revolution. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Stunningly subversive, even for Wilder.
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It just doesn't get very good until halfway through, in large part because the usually excellent Walston is miscast.
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I recommend Kiss Me, Stupid to the skeptical with no reservations whatsoever. Full Review |
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Kiss Me, Stupid is unlikely to inspire a Broadway musical, top an AFI poll, or birth a hundred-dollar coffee-table book, but it could burnish Wilder's posthumous reputation. Full Review |
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In any event, this has to rank as Wilder's most corrosive and despairing portrait of America. Full Review |
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Both Martin and Novak are at their near best, and the undertone of small-town desperation in Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's script is effectively captured by Walston and his sidekick, Cliff Osmond. Full Review |
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