1960 - The Apartment: "I said I had no family; I didn't say that I had an empty apartment.

1960  Best Picture Winner

Premiered June 15, 1960 in New York

Budget $3 Million

Gross N/A

It was fun to see a film that had actors in it that I have seen in movies that have come out within the last 15 years. It was also fun to see our first romantic comedy since It Happened One Night. 

On the downside, it was sad to see how far morality has slid in the past few years. The premise centers around white collar executives who wanted to borrow the key to Baxter's apartment for their extra marital affairs. No one seems to see anything wrong with the behavior until one of the wives find out about what is going on.

Joel

Favorite: I thought that Jack Lemmon did a great job. He did a great job making his character look likable and pathetic at the same time.

Least Favorite: It was in black and white. Color films had been around for many years and yet the studio did not spend the extra money to colorize it. 

Callie

Favorite: It felt like a modern movie. It was like a romantic comedy that was done in modern times. The pacing was nice. You connected with the characters and you felt drawn into the plot.

Least Favorite: The morality levels reaches a new low and I felt that it was degrading to women.