Looking for something intelligent to watch? Can't wait for Season 2 of Mad Men? Do yourself a
favour and rent The Apartment,
the 1960 film from which Mad Men borrows half its period setting.
It's a great movie thanks to the fantastic performance
from Jack Lemmon. He's a total sap, a bit of a nerd, and yet
despite everyone walking all
over him he remains charming and
self-posessed.
He's also got enough
backbone to get the girl in the end.
Shirley MacLaine is good as the
girl too, and while the movie falls a bit too much
into dopey romance comedy it always has a bitter New
York edge that keeps it tasty.
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