This was a cute movie! It takes place in 1929, during prohibition. Though, everyone seems to know where to find the alcohol.
The movie is about two men who are musicians struggling to find a job. And there is a perfect job for them, except it requires two women. Then, when the men need to leave town (Chicago) to avoid getting killed, they decide to take the perfect job and get over the one thing that's not perfect, by dressing up as women.
It has the standard humor surrounding many comedies about men dressing up as women... getting used to high heels and nylons, and of course, our guys falling in love for women who are confiding in them as friends because they think our guys are women, and men who fall in love with our guys, thinking they are women.
The one particular women they're infatuated with is Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, played by Marilyn Monroe. With a name like Kowalczyk, it has to be good. Just kidding, they clearly called her Sugar (just don't tell the feminists).
This movie was pretty entertaining. It had good humor, great comedic timing, a relatively unique approach to the whole switch-gender thing, some good chase scenes, some nice musical numbers, and ultimately some pretty clever lines/scenes. I would definitely watch this again, and recommend it to others.
Here are some good lines, which may not make sense if you haven't seen the movie, but they certainly make me smile.
Jerry: Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!
Jerry: I'm engaged.
Joe: Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?
Jerry: I am!
Joe: There's another problem.
Jerry: Like what?
Joe: Like, what are you gonna do on your honeymoon?
Jerry: We've been discussing that. He wants to go to the Riviera but I kinda lean towards Niagara Falls.
And, my favorite part, which I can't find the exact quote for, and I don't remember exactly how it goes as I watched this movie back in September (about 4 months ago), is when the two men are about to take the car out of the garage, and the garage attendant asks if they needs some gas (for their 100 mile trip) and they ask for 'about 50 cents worth' or something like that. I don't remember the exact quote, but I remember wishing that gas prices today were much more like gas prices back then.
Oh, one more thing I just remembered! Spats! There was this baddie named Spats Colombo, and I suppose he got his name from his love for spats. Spats are this kind of shoe covering. They go under pants and over the top of the shoe. And Spats Colombo was very particular about his spats, and it was super entertaining. These need to make a comeback in the world of fashion.
