Disappointing, especially with such a stellar cast
I knew that Sex and the Single Girl was going to be one of those 1950s-1960s films that depict a woman with a professional career or a business as an incompetent, unfeminine woman who just needs to find a husband and give up this silly career idea. But I didn't know that Sex and the Single Girl was going to be such a lamely done, poorly acted example of such a film.There are three things worth seeing in this film. The first is the great Edward Everett Horton as the fourth-generation publisher of STOP magazine. The bit where he congratulates his staff for turning the genteel magazine his great-grandmother founded into a sleazy, vulgar, highly profitable tabloid is a hoot. The second thing worth seeing also takes place at STOP headquarters. There's a running gag that shows that everything in the office has a coin meter attached, including the drinking fountain, the sink faucets, the mirrors and the paper towel dispensers in the men's room, etc. Also, during the much too long chase scene/slapstick silliness that is the last quarter of the film, munching on pretzels becomes a great running sight gag.
Otherwise, the film is bad. Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall's supporting roles could have been delights, but their parts are poorly scripted and badly realized. The slapstick chase scene at the end goes on and on, flattening every laugh the situation might have generated.
score 2/10
holdencopywriting 17 January 2010
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