Kiss Me, Stupid
Closed CaptioningBilly Wilder
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Plot Summary
Dean Martin is Dino, a Las Vegas crooner, alcoholic, and celebrity playboy. Dino requires women like oxygen — a companionless night leaves him with a headache. Ray Walston is Orville, a provincial piano teacher, aspiring songwriter, and jealous husband. Orville violently obsesses over his wife Zelda's fidelity — any man she encounters becomes his sworn enemy. When a chance detour brings Dino to Orville's hometown of Climax, NV, it is the perfect opportunity for the piano teacher and his songwriting partner Barney to pitch their tunes. Yet, Orville predictably fears the possible combination of Dino's libido with Zelda's childhood crush on the singer. Before the two can meet, Orville deceitfully bullies Zelda out of their house and Barney hires local roadhouse prostitute Polly the Pistol (Kim Novak) to pose as Orville's wife. Zelda turns to drink for solace, ending up at the exact bar where Polly plies her trade and, eventually, in the call girl's empty trailer. By the next morning, Orville is with Polly and Dino (looking for a prostitute) finds his way to Zelda — and husband, wife, hooker, and Barney will all reap the benefits of infidelity.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
71%- Reviews Counted: 21
- Fresh: 15
- Rotten: 6
- Average Rating: 6.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: There was the sharp contrast of surface-banter and concentration on detail; of unpredictable laughter, brushed off by disciplined professionalism.
Rotten: Wilder, usually a director of considerable flair and inventiveness -- has not been able this time out to rise above a basically vulgar, as well as creatively delinquent, screenplay...
Fresh: Kiss Me, Stupid is unlikely to inspire a Broadway musical, top an AFI poll, or birth a hundred-dollar coffee-table book, but it could burnish Wilder's posthumous reputation.
Fresh: I recommend Kiss Me, Stupid to the skeptical with no reservations whatsoever.
Customer Reviews
i love dean martin but this movie was awful
if youre looking for a dean martin movie to watch, this is not it. it says hes like the main character but really the movie barley focuses on him and was just a disappointment. the story line was just odd and kinda awkward. if you want to watch a semi-funny movie focusing mainly on ray walston then this is fine, but i would not suggest watching this movie if youre bored. choose something else
Kiss Me, Stupid, rocks!!!!!
I really liked this movie. The characters acted well with each other.
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- $9.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2003
- © 1964 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Phalanx Productions, Inc.