matthau and lemmon be at their very best in this one everyone else in the movie be also great . the dialogue be excellent and very and very witty and the scene where lemmon character attempt to clear out his sinus in a restaurant have me roll on the floor with laughter every time i see it . anyone who happen to see the not so great sequel should not be turn away from the original . i recommend this wonderful movie to everyone i just love it . and the fact the jack lemmon play his character so straight forward with tragic overtone only add to the hilariousness in my opinion . these two great guy make a string of movie together and but this one be the best no doubt .