I am a big fan of screwball comedies from 30's and 40's and somehow they always seem fresh. However movies like One, Two, Three seem to be really dated. All the jokes fall flat.
I did like the movie in the start but it just went downhill. Nearly everybody in the movie is a stereotype. There is a blond dumb secretary, unscrupulous capitalist manager who sleeps with every secretary, wife who tolerates cheating, idealistic communist young guy and unscrupulous communist guys who will risk anything for a beautiful blond. I understand that this is a recipe for a good farce, but everything feels artificial and I didn't laugh once during the whole movie. And I laugh a lot during funny movies.
I can see that it may have been funny when it was released but that is not the case now. By the way I have loved older comedies by Lubitsch, Hawks and Sturges which are still very funny.
This movie falls in middle, not good enough to recommend to anybody but not so bad that I fret over time wasted in watching the film.
I did like the movie in the start but it just went downhill. Nearly everybody in the movie is a stereotype. There is a blond dumb secretary, unscrupulous capitalist manager who sleeps with every secretary, wife who tolerates cheating, idealistic communist young guy and unscrupulous communist guys who will risk anything for a beautiful blond. I understand that this is a recipe for a good farce, but everything feels artificial and I didn't laugh once during the whole movie. And I laugh a lot during funny movies.
I can see that it may have been funny when it was released but that is not the case now. By the way I have loved older comedies by Lubitsch, Hawks and Sturges which are still very funny.
This movie falls in middle, not good enough to recommend to anybody but not so bad that I fret over time wasted in watching the film.