Load of rubbish!!

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Just before refreshing my memory of this film, I watched "The Glass Bottom Boat" , also costarring Doris. It's also a romantic comedy, but very different in tone from the present film. It includes more slapstick, and is not centered around apartments and nightclubs, as is the present film. I found it at least as amusing as the present film, and recommend that you check it out(Amazingly, it's free on YouTube). I realize that the present film was very popular in it's day, considered risque. Of course, today it seems quite tame, and even dated. It includes a few instances of slapstick. For instance, Rock tries to get in Doris's tiny sports car, but can't begin to fit all of his 6'4" frame in. So, they have to hire a taxi to get her home(So, what happens to her car they left at the nightspot?) .....The common prejudice that a desirable man should have had many girlfriends and should be sexually experienced, while his ideal wife-to-be should have had rather few boyfriends, and still be a virgin, more or less, is represented by Rock's and Doris's characters. That is one source of conflict, as judging from his use of their party line, he seems to have too many girlfriends for her liking, making him too conceited and seemingly untamable. He spends too much time talking to them, so that she can't use her phone to deal with her clients.. That's another sore point, which they more or less agree to remedy. Doris likes men who take her out and don't expect a sexual payback, men like Tony Randall(Johnathan), who keeps asking her to marry him, and she keeps saying she doesn't love him, which may be true, or just a smokescreen for the fact that she mostly likes her sexless single life. Then, she happens to meet Rock in a restaurant, not knowing what he looks like. He disguises his voice and persona as a born and bred Texan. She falls for him, until she discovers he's her hated party line neighbor. She's steaming mad at his deception, and embarrassed that she fell for it(It was quite good!). The last part of the film deals with Doris's role in redecorating Rock's apartment. She wants to get back at him for his deception and his innovative mechanical aids rigged up to facilitate his lovemaking. So she comes up with something quite garish. In turn, he wants to get back at her for making his apartment such a sight. Watch the film to find out how he does it. Then, from being hoping mad at each other, they let down their defenses way too quickly to be believable.....I didn't understand how Doris figured out that Rock the Texan was also Brad, merely by playing a note on the piano from the sheet music she found in his coat. This was a pivotal point in the story....The caper when Rock ducks into a baby doctor's office to avoid being seen, then is seen by the nurse leaving the ladies room next door, sets up the final scene in the film, when more evidence appears that he has a sex identity problem......Doris gets to sing a couple of songs, including the title song. I like the romantic song she sings when in the car with Rock, on the way to Conn.

I'm often asked which of Doris Day's movies I would most highly recommend (I've been a fan since I was seven years old).I'll stay within the years 1953 to 1963 because the only one I disliked in that period was "The Tunnel Of Love". Like most of the other reviewers,"Pillow Talk" has to be my first choice.It's hard to add anything new to the excellent,glowing reviews that precede mine but I'll try. For a start,this movie makes me chuckle to myself just thinking about it.Everything works for me,from the opening credits to the end. Doris looks gorgeous throughout and her timing and double takes are a treat.I relish the moment when she attempts to reach a compromise over the party-line problem and very reasonably suggests to 'Mr. Allen'; "we are just going to have to try living with one- another".The way she pauses,on realizing what she may have insinuated, reminds me of a similar classic moment with Clark Gable in "Teacher's Pet"(don't miss that one). Rock Hudson was obviously very much at ease with Doris,both on and off screen and his comic timing is also spot on.To quote Doris; "What a marvellous looking man". Thelma Ritter and Tony Randall are both in top form.Love the elevator man too.

Humming in her underwear, full-figured interior decorator Doris Day (as Jan Morrow) wants to make an important telephone call, but her New York City "party line" is occupied by playboy songwriter Rock Hudson (as Brad Allen). He uses the phone to romance various women, which Ms. Day finds boorish. Day takes her concerns to the phone company, where she calls Mr. Hudson a "sex maniac." The complaint ends when handsome Hudson arouses the female investigator. Although they agree to take half hour turns, Day and Hudson continue to bicker on the phone. The adversaries have never met - in person. This changes when Hudson hears Day, seated at the next table while they are out with dates. Immediately attracted, Hudson assumes a phony Texas accent and begins to court his attractive blonde phone-mate..."Pillow Talk" was the first Rock Hudson & Doris Day comedy. Their chemistry is obvious. The co-stars appeared in two additional 1960s comedies and are among filmdom's best-loved couples. Ahead of the curve, this film is a fine example of how the seemingly "innocent" 1960s sex comedies began to push mainstream films from innuendo to explicit. Most obvious is the successful use of "split-screen" to visually put the unmarried couple in bed together. Director Michael Gordon and his crew use the technique beautifully – which is rare for split-screen. At one point, the stars touch their feet while in (separate) bathtubs. Also artful are sexually subtle scenes, like Hudson squeezing into Day's car. This genre of film often flattens when overdone - but, herein, the sex talk and situations are playful and fun...In hindsight, it is perversely ironic to see Hudson's gentleman from Texas suggested as possibly homosexual because he adores his mother, exchanges recipes and enjoys gossip. The "gay jokes" often drag down these films (the next Hudson-Day outing, for example), but they are not fatal, here. It is amusing, for example, when Hudson is thought to be pregnant. A bigger problem is the light-hearted treatment given Thelma Ritter's character - a meaningless and hopeless alcoholic. Day should either fire or get help for her maid "Anna" - Ms. Ritter plays the part well, however. She and Tony Randall's millionaire pal "Jonathan Forbes" were acclaimed among the best supporting characterizations of the year. Frank DeVol's soundtrack music is perfect and Day's "Pillow Talk" title song is one of her best.******** Pillow Talk (10/6/59) Michael Gordon ~ Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter

The story goes like this. We begin the movie with Jan Morrow. She is a frustrated, rude woman that has no patients. She is also not in any kind of a relationship. I guess she's waiting for the right one to come along. She is sharing a party line with Brad Allen, played by Rock Hudson. He is the opposite of her because he is far from frustrated. He has relationships with the opposite sex every night. In the middle of these two is their friend Jonathan Forbes, played by Tony Randall. Jonathan also happens to want Jan and has no idea Brad even knows her. Jan and Brad have many arguments and they aren't exactly crazy about one another. That's until Brad sees her at a restaurant and overhears who she is. Being that Jan appeals to Brad and that he also feels like screwing with her head, he wins her over and begins a romantic relationship with her. Only she doesn't know who he is. He is Brad Allen on the phone, but with her in person, he is a Texan named Rex Stetson. His western accent hides his real voice that she hears on the phone. When watching the movie, you wonder if she'll find out who he really is. And if she does, what will happen.There are so many funny scenes in this movie that I don't even know where to begin. The three actors in this movie are great together. We have Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall, a perfect trio for a romantic comedy. This movie is very funny and fun to watch. This is probably my favorite movie that Rock Hudson and Doris Day made together. See this classic. See this great romantic comedy and you won't be disappointed. Turn it on, get a bowl of popcorn and watch a great movie. It's great for a date night.