When Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) says goodbye to his wife and child for the summer, her promises that he won't smoke or drink (seeing other women is a given). At first he does a great job, not even looking at other women as they are being hounded on by other men. That is until he meets his upstairs neighbor (Marilyn Monroe -- I don't think her character has a name). Although he tries to resist, he invites her over to his empty apartment for drinks and while she is there he also starts smoking. At first he lies and tells her that he lives alone but when she notices his wedding ring he tells them they are gone for the summer. This news overjoys her, finally she can be with a man and not worry about him falling in love with her (which happens quite often when you look like Marilyn Monroe), even though he is constantly hitting on her and she is too oblivious to know.
The film does a great job portraying Marilyn Monroe as the sex symbol she was. I'm not a lesbian but va-va-voom! This is the movie that has the famous standing over the subway vent scene. However, I feel kind of bad for her because it seems she rarely gets rolls in which she has intelligent thought. It is a little annoying that men seem like such horn-dogs in this movie. It doesn't help to make them like able. But, there are funny moments throughout the movie. I'm pretty sure they were spoofs on other popular films but I only recognized a scene similar to the one is Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing. I think the character does get a little more likable as the film goes on because you can tell he is trying and struggling too stay away, but it's annoying still.
Rating: ***
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