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- 1966
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 5 m
- 1966
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 5 m
Directed By: Billy Wilder
Written By: I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
- 1966
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 5 m
- 1966
- Approved
- United Artists
- 2 h 5 m
The Fortune Cookie
63
7.4
Directed By: Billy Wilder
Written By: I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
70% Positive
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30% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Fortune Cookie is Billy Wilder's best picture since The Apartment, his funniest since Some Like It Hot.
Despite some minor flaws, The Fortune Cookie is a very satisfying film.
Wildly funny in spots, but nihilistic in the extreme.
The Fortune Cookie still plays as funny. Not as funny as “One, Two, Three,” his grandest farce, or the more celebrated “Some Like It Hot.” Matthau makes it amusing. But there’s just a sliver of hope and the tiniest hint of “bittersweet” about it, something Wilder occasionally allowed into his screenplays.
A sour, visually ugly comedy from director Billy Wilder and his co-writer, I. A. L. Diamond, which gets worse as it goes along -- more cynical and more sanctimonious.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
6 Ratings
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25% Mixed
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
