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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543260950
Format: Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 37496
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1960
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A curious picture in many ways: Marilyn Monroe was the superstar, Yves Montand new to Hollywood, but she seems peripheral to the action and he's in almost every scene. Meanwhile, director George Cukor, always happy with theatrical material, can't make the off-off-Broadway milieu come to believable life. In short, Let's Make Love lacks the sparkle promised by its talent roster, and for Monroe especially the bloom is off the rose. This 1960 film was her next to last, and she appears weary, although isolated moments have the old oomph (and she has a terrific romp through her first number, Cole Porter's 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy'). Cameos by Milton Berle, Bing Crosby, and Gene Kelly increase the time-capsule feeling. The biggest failing is the lack of chemistry between Monroe and Montand, yet offscreen they had a romance during filming. A curious picture indeed. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Daring performance and uncomfortable insinuations
Monroe and Montand seem an unlikely coupling. But they pull it off and suck you in.
In the scene where Monroe sings "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", Marilyn slides down a stripper pole 40 years before it was fashionable... and starts out.... "Boys! My name is Lolita, and ah... I'm not supposed to play... with boys!" ".... My heart belongs to Daddy so I simply couldn't be bad." ".. cuz Daddy, my Daddy. My little old Daddy, he treats it so.... That little old man he just treats it SO GOOOOOOOOD!" ... Read More
Rating:  - Let's - Why Not?
I stumbled across the DVD for "Let's Make Love" in one of those midnight rambles over the web - the ones where I start off searching "How High the Moon", clink links until, suddenly, I've got happy snaps of the New York Roxy and CinemaScope and end up, well, with Marilyn. "Let's Make Love" is not available here (Australia) for love or ready cash, and hasn't been, and perhaps won't be for a long time.
I've got the oldest copy in the world on VHS and yes, it's not one of her best; and yes, she's ... Read More
Rating:  - Monroe's best acting job along with "Bus Stop."
The fantastic musical numbers alone make this movie worth watching at least a hundred times and Monroe's being in them is 90% of the reason why. Frankie Vaughn is great in all his musical numbers with Marilyn and Montand did an amazing job in his first English role, shifting smoothly between scenes with a more serious tone and ridiculous comic scenes. And 'Lack of Chemistry' between Montand and Monroe? Not so. You can very much feel the connection between them but it's a deeper chemistry born out of a true appreciation ... Read More
Rating: - lukewarm--as far as it goes, that is... (three and one-half stars)
Let's Make Love is, sadly, not one of Marilyn Monroe's better films. I feel bad about it because apparently this film was essentially a contractual obligation and Yves Montand doesn't even look right for her onscreen--I find it hard to picture the off-screen... oh, oh, well.
Anyway, the action begins when the French billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Yves Montand) finds out his life and playboy scandals are being publicly spoofed in an off-Broadway play. Upset about the possibility of negative press, Jean-Marc ... Read More
Rating: - Not Monroe's best but still entertaining
As has been mentioned, Marilyn was forced to do this movie because of her contract. Both she and Arthur Miller were disappointed with the quality of script. Miller offered suggestions, but to no avail.
None the less, Marilyn does a great job, giving the movie as much effort as she did for the ones she actually wanted to make. Despite a lagging script and Yves Montand near-indecipherable English, the movie does have a few redeeming values. The Milton Berle scene is hilarious and Marilyn shines in her song and ... Read More
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