1955 · comedy · romance
The Seven Year Itch
Directed by Billy Wilder1h 45m1955
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Our read: The Seven Year Itch (1955) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- gentle
- intimate
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