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Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

weezeralfalfa 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.

gavin6942 A man (Rock Hudson) and woman (Doris Day) share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.This is an absolutely brilliant romantic comedy. Today (2015) it might confuse people, because the concept of "party lines" is so foreign. But it was quite clever in its day, and remains rather humorous now.One thing in particular that is strange now is the part where it is suggested that Rex is gay. (Never said directly, but strongly implied.) We know now that Rock Hudson himself was actually gay. And it seems that some people at the time must have been aware. Doris Day likely knew, as the rumor had been around for years when this film was made.

utgard14 Two New Yorkers (Rock Hudson, Doris Day) sharing a party line find themselves annoyed with one another. He's a womanizer who monopolizes the phone to talk with his many girlfriends. She's a fuddy duddy who doesn't think much of his lifestyle. Eventually he sees her and realizes what a looker she is, so he pretends to be someone else to date her.I'm a big classic movie fan but there's something about this period (late '50s through the early '60s) that just leaves me cold. I can count on one hand the number of films from this period that I genuinely love. This is not one of them. I did enjoy this and I think it's good and daring for its time, but it just didn't connect with me like it obviously has so many others over the years. For one thing, I have never really cared much for Doris Day. Nice singing voice, pretty enough, but there's something so staid and sober about her that I find it hard to become invested in her characters in these types of movies. I recognize mine is a minority opinion among classic film fans. I know others like her but she just doesn't do it for me and I find her much-touted chemistry with Rock Hudson to be overstated.Anyway, this is considered by many to be their best movie and I can see why. It moves along at a nice pace and the comedy is somewhat risqué for the time. The fashions and sets will appeal to those who are fans of the period. Hudson is having a blast and it shows. I already gave my opinion on Day but, if you're a fan, you'll undoubtedly enjoy her here. Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter steal the show in supporting roles. The recurring bit with the obstetrician who thinks Rock is pregnant is probably the funniest part of the movie. The screenplay won an Oscar (!) and Doris Day was nominated for one (!!). How either of those things came about from this I will never know. Must have been a slow year.

wes-connors 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