i simply can not get over how brilliant the pairing of walter matthau and jack lemmon be . it like the movie doesn not even need additional character because you can never get tire of the dialog between these two . lemmon have already be in several well know film like mr. robert and the apartment and matthau be fresh off his oscar win for the fortune cookie ( another billy wilder film also with lemmon ) . that particular movie wasn not as great a this one because the story couldn not sustain such a long running time ( i think it be almost 2 hour ) . however and this go by at a brisk hour and a half and even though the introduction of the event lead up to lemmon end up at matthau apartment be a tad long ( so be this sentence ) . that a minor quibble though and for the rest of the running time you have a marvelous time . i have already write a comment about how the follow up to this film suck and i would not go deeply into that . the reason why this be such a joy be probably that the movie be make just a the innocence of american movie be begin to fade fast into oblivion . there be some sexual reference but they be deal with in such an innocent way that you couldn not even get a well and i never . out of the most prudish person out there . it be kind of fun to see a movie from a long lose era and that be probably why the sequel do not work because you have matthau and lemmon say quite a few f word and that just doesn not fit them . of course and now they be both go and you can just be happy that you still can enjoy them in a marvelous film like this . i think the only male actor in this film who be still alive be john fiedler . edelman die recently . so there you have it . simply one of the best comedy and film ever . add represent i have just learn recently that john fiedler have die so to all the fan of him i be deeply sorry . i do not mean any disrespect and i will try to be more careful of what i be blah blah blahing next time .