Irma la Douce

There's some funny parts for sure, but there's just a little something missing here that makes the movie fail to live up to the Apartment. I'm not sure that Shirley MacLaine really pulled off the hooker role, even though Lemmon was his typical stuttering, nebbish self. The studio look was pretty great, even if the movie was only "good." Had The Apartment not existed, I think I'd rate this higher, but in a world where this is the follow up to that perfectly made, bittersweet romantic movie, this farcical and too-cute (even though it's about the seedier side) movie just doesn't have the same impact.