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- 1963
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 27 m
- 1963
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 27 m
Summary When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who's to be her only customer.
Directed By: Billy Wilder
Written By: Alexandre Breffort, I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
- 1963
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 27 m
- 1963
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 27 m
Irma la Douce
63
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Summary When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who's to be her only customer.
Directed By: Billy Wilder
Written By: Alexandre Breffort, I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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45% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
55% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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A lavish and sometimes lusty version of the French hit musical, minus the songs but with lots of Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon. [17 Jan 2000, p.Q]
A fairly ordinary (for Wilder) adaptation of a play with a great performance by Lemmon as a French cop who falls for hooker Shirley MacLaine. [18 Jul 2003, p.11E]
On a scene-by-scene basis, this picture has so much to offer in terms of some fairly unhinged and wild work from a bunch of artists at the height of their powers.
If not exactly an endearing experience on the whole, Irma la Douce is a fine example of Billy Wilder’s mid-career eccentricity and cosmopolitan curiosity.
Wilder's soft-centred cynicism provides frequent enough laughs without too many longueurs.
Lemmon and Maclaine fail to reproduce the chemistry from The Apartment but this slight film is not as ignorable as reputation suggests.
Billy Wilder’s soggy and uninspired 1963 adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, minus the songs.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
