"The 7 Year Itch" is about Richard Sherman, a normal, middle-class American family man who has to live several months alone in his New York apartment while his wife and little son are on vacation. The real story starts when Sherman meets a beautiful young woman who works as an actor in the "Dazzledent" TV commercials.
Despite his vow not to get involved with other women, Sherman starts flirting with the young woman, and starts to feel so guilty about it he wraps himself up in a world of his own imagination. Sooner or later he has trouble separating the truth from his own imagination.
This movie of course received attention because it stars Marilyn Monroe as the beautiful young woman (who remains nameless for the entire duration of the movie), but the story was so well written and acted it could have done without her. There are hints of Franz Kafka's books in the way that Sherman's world becomes a blur of fact and fiction. The scenes of his imagination are well played without overstating the point.
I recommend this movie to everyone. It is an example of how comedy films should be made, and proof that "American comedy" does not have to mean "farting animals" which Hollywood has sadly recently forgot.
Despite his vow not to get involved with other women, Sherman starts flirting with the young woman, and starts to feel so guilty about it he wraps himself up in a world of his own imagination. Sooner or later he has trouble separating the truth from his own imagination.
This movie of course received attention because it stars Marilyn Monroe as the beautiful young woman (who remains nameless for the entire duration of the movie), but the story was so well written and acted it could have done without her. There are hints of Franz Kafka's books in the way that Sherman's world becomes a blur of fact and fiction. The scenes of his imagination are well played without overstating the point.
I recommend this movie to everyone. It is an example of how comedy films should be made, and proof that "American comedy" does not have to mean "farting animals" which Hollywood has sadly recently forgot.