A Masterpiece!

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Tony Curtis has a tight schedule keeping track of the airline stewardesses or hostesses, as they call them here, that are coming and going at his bachelor pad, so the last thing he needs is a roommate, but he gets one when Jerry Lewis shows up in "Boeing Boeing." Even Jerry picks one out for himself. A fast paced, almost frenetic time you will have if you spend any time here. Just ask Thelma Ritter, the cook and maid, who has to know the delicate palate of each and when to show whose picture when, as the picture in the frame is changed constantly. Tony is a news reporter, but that really plays hardly any part of the plot at all, when Tony is always at odds with keeping up with the revolving door. But he tells Jerry that three is just the right number. Four would be too much, and two would be too repetitive. Yes. Three girls to have and bed is just right. He says he's engaged to them, but he secretly has no plans to change the status quo. Despite the ever-changing roster of activity, Thelma Ritter supplies much of the film's humor with her usual delivery of witty one-liners. She does add a degree of respectability to this film, that, without her, would probably feel a bit sleazy. For a non-stop parade of young ladies in Tony Curtis' pad, check out "Boeing Boeing" and see if he and Jerry Lewis ever settle down!

I happened to see " Boeing, Boeing" on the TCM cable channel, and enjoyed seeing Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis in this farce. They reminded me of a slightly more modern version of the comical "Road to ..." series of movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.Although not quite as polished as Hope & Crosby, Curtis & Lewis performed better than I expected together, and all the actors performed well. The story idea of a bachelor trying to juggle relationships and schedules with three flight attendants staying in one Paris apartment was interesting even if flawed at times.Fans of Hope & Crosby movies, or Tony Curtis & Jack Lemon should like this pairing of Curtis & Lewis working together to keep the three flight attendants, all engaged to Curtis, from discovering each other. As the scheme falls apart due to flight schedule changes and early arrivals, it is enjoyable to find out how long the girls can be kept unaware that they are sharing the same fiancé and apartment.I do agree with another reviewer that the movie retains a stage play quality, but that is not a significant drawback to the story.

A sex-comedy with no sex and very little comedy.Tony Curtis is an American philandering bachelor living in France, who keeps three airline stewardesses on a string, each thinking they are his fiancé. With their worldwide flying schedules, they are never in town at the same time, so through the simple practice of changing their mantle pictures and their underwear drawer, he keeps these simpletons believing that each is "the one and only." Until Boeing introduces its faster jets, totally screwing his screwing schedule.Jerry Lewis is Curtis's friend who discovers his secret and plays along, helping Curtis keep the three bims separated. Curtis's housekeeper, grouchy Thelma Ritter (old as a redwood and twice as gnarly), is in cahoots with him - disapprovingly, mind you - providing those snare-hit punchlines for the blondies carouseling through the apartment.Yes, this is one of those farces where people speak fast and loud to desperately create comedic situations. But comedy is culled from real-life situations gone awry, and when characters don't in the least behave "realistically," the harder it gets to cull the comedy. The less realistically the characters react to their increasingly-ridiculous situations, the less comedy, the more "forced" the farce.And after all the skulking around, we discover that each girl has a separate bedroom anyway! They aren't even sleeping with him! So after the movie pumps itself with sexual innuendo, telling us this guy is so amoral, we find out these shallow skanks are not even sleeping with him in what is supposedly "their" home.And one of the girls - after spending five minutes in a cab with Jerry Lewis - falls for him. Some kinda fiancé! And the big reveal - between all three girls finding each other in the same room, with Curtis and Lewis stuttering their way through explanations - is ridiculously infuriating.Actually, Jerry Lewis does a great job as a semi-straight man. If you completely suspend your disbelief (which is impossible), there are a few mild laughs to be had. But on the whole, the social mores of 1965 really put a damper on this supposed comedy in this age of pop star supersluts who dress and behave like whores.

"All you need is a timetable," explains playboy Tony Curtis (as Bernard Lawrence), an American reporter working in Paris. Mr. Curtis keeps three blondes in one apartment, each thinking she is Curtis' "one-and-only" fiancée. The rotating women are all airline stewardesses, on different timetables. Curtis' sexy arrangement is discovered by envious old pal Jerry Lewis (as Robert Reed). Mr. Lewis plots to take over the satisfying arrangement of women, after he learns Curtis may be transferred to New York. But, both men are threatened when the stewardesses' flight patterns change; and, everyone heads for the apartment bed! Funnier than its reputation; perhaps, the film's celebration of pseudo-promiscuity distanced it from other sixties sex comedies - the "romance" between Lewis and Suzanna Leigh (as Vicky "British United" Hawkins) comes closest to "acceptable" for the genre. The other two women, hefty knockwurst-loving Christiane Schmidtmer (as Lise "Lufthansa" Bruner) and wispy soufflé-loving Dany Saval (as Jacqueline "Air France" Grieux), are more funny than romantic. Curtis is finely frantic; however, Lewis, in a lower key, and Thelma Ritter (as Bertha) are more outstanding.****** Boeing Boeing (12/22/65) John Rich ~ Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter, Dany Saval