Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

SimonJack Obviously, tastes differ on films like this. A few reviewers like "Buddy Buddy," but others don't think much of it. Even those who enjoyed it didn't score it very high. The fact that so few people have commented out of the number who have rated it probably says as much. I think it's a dud for several reasons. First, it's not very funny. A couple of chuckles are the most I could manage. The plot idea is OK, but the screenplay with so many goofy aspects (the psycho-love palace, etc.) is way overboard. There is very little witty or clever writing for a Billy Wilder vehicle.Then there's the complaining persona of Jack Lemmon's character, Victor. I know there's a movie following that thinks "The Out of Towners" of 1970 was a very good movie. I can't seem to appreciate movies like that and this one that have nagging, whining characters who carry on throughout much of the film. I just don't see the humor in that. If it were a single short scene or two, perhaps. But that type of film soon wears very thin on me.I wonder if Wilder and/or MGM had their heads on, if not their hearts in this film. The stereotyped stupid cops and murderous use of clichés make it seem like they just wanted to toss something together and get done with it. Another reviewer noted the tedious repeats of Walter Matthau's Trabucco. He opens his suitcase, takes out and sets up his assassin's rifle, scope and tripod, and then takes them apart and puts them back in the case. Not once, but several times. Who, unaffected by mind-altering substances, would think that was funny, or interesting? Someone obviously thought it must be good, because it repeats so often. Well, that must answer my question, indirectly.On top of all this, the screenplay is quite crude and crass. I wanted to laugh, because the idea for the story had real possibilities. It just falls flat. My four stars are solely for a fine cast of wonderful entertainers who probably gave it a good shot, considering the rotten egg they were handed. That includes Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, and others besides the leads.I'm a viewer who thinks this film is as bad as one may have heard.

jc1305us I was lucky enough to find this movie posted on that famous video site, and sat down for what I thought was going to be a disaster. Billy Wilder's final film, as I've read and heard, was a disaster. Awful, a terrible end to the most brilliant of film careers. Well, after watching "Buddy Buddy" I find that I don't agree with that harsh assessment. Jack Lemmon plays his usual role, the put on Everyman. But to say that in a negative light is wrong. He played that character so well, that it is a pleasure to see him do it again. This time, he is trying to win back his estranged wife of 12 years, who has left him for a sex clinic doctor. Playing against type, is Walter Matthau playing a hit-man who has one last job to complete before retirement and a life of leisure on an island near Tahiti. As fate would have it, both men find themselves in the same hotel with much different objectives. Lemmon to end his life, and Matthau to end a mob snitches life, before he's able to testify in a big trial.Needless to say, hijinks ensue, and in my opinion, some really funny scenes. I won't spoil it, but give Buddy Buddy a chance. Is it "The Odd Couple"? No. Is it worth a watch for some harmless entertainment? Absolutely.

JasparLamarCrabb Billy Wilder's last film is not a classic, but it's still highly enjoyable. Is it as funny as SOME LIKE IT HOT or as wicked as THE APARTMENT? No, but what is? A remake of the French film A PAIN IN THE A..., Walter Matthau is a hit man who has the misfortune of checking into a hotel room next to wacky suicidal Jack Lemmon. Lemmon goes from trying to kill himself to driving Matthau absolutely crazy. There no laugh out loud sequences, but Matthau & Lemmon are priceless. Matthau, with his affected Brooklynese, is hilarious. And who can beat any film that features not only Matthau & Lemmon, but Klaus Kinski and Paula Prentiss as well?!? A wonderfully entertaining film and a real bounce back for Wilder after his inert version of THE FRONT PAGE and his cryptic SUNSET BLVD-like FEDORA.

jrs-8 "Buddy Buddy" is one of the biggest disappointments in film. How could they go wrong? Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, two of our best actors re-teaming with Billy Wilder, one of greatest directors. The result is a sloppy mess.Jack plays a man who loses his wife and decides to kill himself so he checks into a hotel. So far this is a complete copy from the classic "Odd Couple." Sadly that is where the comparison ends. Walter plays a hit man who happens to be in the same hotel preparing his next hit. Naturally he runs into the hapless Lemmon and can't shake him.Even with the familiar story you'd think there would be plenty of laughs. Sadly this is not the case. Major opportunities are blown as the film descends into a series of tired clichés and predictable bits. There are a few laughs (there would have to be with these two great leads) but they come too little and spread out.By far this is the worst film these two appeared in (though "Odd Couple 2" comes a close second). Happily we have many other of their works to view and enjoy.