if you delete the first twenty minute or so of this film and you will be leave with a fantastic comedy . a it be and i still find it to be a pretty good movie and which be no small feat consider the coma i be put in by the opening scene . to put it mildly and this film have a dreary beginning that wasn not even remotely funny and or even upbeat . once thing get silly and however and you be leave with a comedy that still hold up well after more than three decade . definitely worth check out and especially if youre a young fan of lemmon and matthau who want to see their early work .