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Actors: Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, Kim Novak
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Phffft! |
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After several years of arguments and petty annoyances with one another, lawyer Robert and television writer Nina Tracey decided to make a mutual descision to end their marriage believing as they are not right for another. After signing the divorce papers, their romantic relationship may fizzled but the two divorcees decided to remain as platonic friends.
Robert confides to his womanizer buddy Charles Nelson as he knows how to win women over with his charamstic ways whereas Nina goes to her busybodied mother for direction as a bachelorette. The newly single Jack takes up with a blonde bombshell named Janis believing that he surely get over being married and divorced. Nina does the same thing as she finds handsome Charles Newton but only dates him briefly.
With Nina's failed relationship and Robert somewhat interest in Janis, somehow the former couple always bump into each other wherever they go, as it seems that something is telling them to give their relationship a second chance. Will Robert and Nina take each other back? Or do they defintely believe the grass is greener on the other side?
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Phffft! |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
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