I spent the majority of this film thinking to myself "this guy would have been so much happier if he had never got married." So when he runs off with the paddle to see his wife at the end, I was thinking "isn't that sad." I don't think that was the intended emotional impact. The bad monologues and the hammy acting would also bring me out of the film fairly regularly. I did laugh out loud a few times though, which is worth something, but this film is over-rated as hell.

This made me hungry for more Billy Wilder Movies.

Magnificently done. Marilyn knows what's going on, but she's in on the joke. Ace.

Never liked this much. Tom Ewell is just a little too sleazy and threadbare to make me care.

Charming, simple and elegant movie - imaginative, acted out well - worth a watch. Why don't they make movies like this anymore. I think, with this & 'The Apartment' Billy Wilder might become one of my favorite directors. I didn't know it was Marilyn Monroe until 3/4th of the movie :) Perfect embodiment of a stereotype adult male's stereotypical fantasy: child-like innocence in a fully grown voluptuous body. Isn't that what our simple minds want at some level/time? Is that why she became iconic?

Richard Sherman is such a misogynistic, sexist, chauvinistic character than even James Bond would be disgusted.

Wilder handles both his stars expertly and the result is high style comedy. Great fun.

This is certainly bright, sexy and fun, but it's definitely not Billy Wilder at his most inspired -- and maybe there's too much interference among the most important scenes. Yet, it's pleasant to watch Tom Ewell's paranoid monologues and to check Marilyn Monroe's captivating perfomance and stunning beauty.

Mildly charming.

Ridiculous though may of the aspects may be, including the fact that a majority of the film is Ewell delivering fantastical monologues, it still manages to be extremely funny. Wilder's wit shines through and he also includes some really wonderful visual accompaniment that enhances a lot of the jokes. Monroe's character is simple but it's something she does exceptionally well.

It accomplishes something very difficult in film: A successful, effective translation from stage to screen, while still retaining the overall effect of the stage. The monologues may seem weird, but they work. A fine film with something to say that's still totally relevant to relationships today, if not more than it was in the Fifties.

Funny... I can see why the whole world was in love with Monroe

An everparanoid man suffering from the seven year itch - the urge to be unfaithful after seven years of marriage just waved his wive and kids goodbye for the summer and has to resist all kinds of temptations. Sounds ok and it was ok, but nothing extraordinary. Ewell performance was quite good but i thought Monroe wasn't that good, dumb and fake comes to mind, maybe deliberate.. but wasn't done very well. She was better in Some like it hot. Decent film probably best known for the skirt-scene.