As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.
Tonight's offering: The Apartment (1960)
A nebbishy accountant hopes to get ahead by letting his managers at the insurance company where he works use his apartment for their affairs. But the arrangement is getting in the way of his life
The Apartment is an enjoyably quirky little comedy. It doesn't really have a lot to say, but it's fun to watch. And the chemistry between Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon is really good. My only problem was that I keep seeing Lemmon's role as being a kind of proto-Felix Unger.
New Yorkiness Rating: 3 out of 4
New York isn't the star, and I guess this could have been set in another city. But somehow it does feel like a New York thing. Plus, I love those UWS brownstones.
*At least there's no curfew now
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