This movie is the reunion of the best of Hollywood (Marilyn, Gene Kelly) with the best of France (Montand). Maybe today we have french cast doing American movies but not at this level and not as much talented (poor Cotillard for example). At once, you feel that it was a different society: today it's great to be cool, show-off, immodest while then all was about decency and restraint. But, the main feeling I keep with this movie is how good the story is: how can a wealthy man can love a simple girl is told less like a love story than a story about classes: With that, the movie is really intelligent because it tells a simple true: money can buy anything so corrupts everything. Like we said today, money is the only bench-marking. And having Montand as the billionaire is inspired because we have an actor with a real social morality! So this rich guy tries to become a simple guy to get the girl, even if his transformation is helped by his money! So it's a soft attack against relationship in a capitalist society and it's a bit courageous! I don't know any other comedy like that except maybe Eddy Murphy's Prince of New York or the next mentioned Disney animation: indeed, the ending is however disappointing (the same capitulation as in Lady and the tramp)!

With the burden of all her own insecurity and distractions, and with all the commercial desperation haunting Fox's post-"Cleopatra" project, Marilyn actually delivers a very good all-round performance in "Let's Make Love." At times, such as her singing and dancing, and especially playing against Montand, I think she really is brilliant. She certainly acts and performs the wooden French star off the screen. (The thoroughly polished and rather cool British star Frankie Vaughan is a far better match for her as a performer.)Everyone has heard tell what a nightmare she could be to work with. I tend to think her Hollywood associates should have forgiven her eccentricities - apart from that late, great - and very nice - person Jane Russell, did she really have any friends in that brittle world? And yet they were all happy for her to sell the tickets that made her vehicles the big draw they were and earned the big bucks for the studios.Shame someone hadn't taken her 'little girl lost' aura more seriously than just thinking it meant she was an annoying airhead. Shame on them all for lusting after that magnificent physique, while impatiently and cruelly discarding the complex and tender person herself!If more people in her life had ever really shown her simple kindness and understanding, she might have lived longer, achieved more - and, most importantly of all, in the end, been happier. What an utter shame.

I can see why this is a bit of an underrated film, but it does have some good routines and songs, and a good performance from Marilyn Monroe, in her penultimate film before her tragic death. Basically French billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (BAFTA nominated Yves Montand, who at the time was really with Monroe) has learnt he is being satirised in a Broadway show. At the theatre where it is happening, he sees Amanda Dell (Monroe) rehearsing the song "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" (the first song), and not knowing his real identity, the director casts Clement to play the role (of himself). Clement, posing as Alexander Dumas, he takes part to see more of Amanda, and goes through some auditions, along with singing, dancing and joke lessons, with the help of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World's Milton Berle, singer Bing Crosby and Singin' in the Rain's Gene Kelly. Obviously Amanda in the end does discover Jean'Marc's real identity, but she can't resist him and his charm, so thank goodness there is a happy ending. Also starring Pillow Talk's Tony Randall as Howard Alexander Coffman, Frankie Vaughan as Tony Danton, My Fair Lady's Wilfrid Hyde-White as George Welch/John Wales, David Burns as Oliver Burton, Michael David as Dave Kerry, Mara Lynn as Lily Nyles, Dennis King Jr. as Abe Miller and Joe Besser as Charlie Lamont. The highlights for me are obviously the first song, the title song, and ultimately, both Montand and Monroe's performances, definitely worth watching. It was nominated the Oscar Best Music for Lionel Newman and Earle Hagen, it was nominated the BAFTA for Best Film from any Source, and it was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical. Marilyn Monroe was number 39 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, she was number 6 on 100 Years, 100 Stars - Women, she was number 3 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols (she could have been number 1), and she was number 11 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, and the film was number 1000 on The 100 Greatest Musicals. Good!

I understand well, what this film is supposed to be BUT, This film is horrible. Marilyn Monroe looks terrible, her body is pink, but her face is caked with white makeup, it looks like she is wearing a mask. Also, her face is all puffy. She seems to be sleepwalking through the whole movie. The production values are missing, ex. the writing is the worst, also poor lighting, framing, the musical numbers are lifeless, the directing and acting is poor, I guess George Cukor was getting too old and tired, and couldn't get the actors to give their best. I think the main problem is that the material was just too poor to make anything worthwhile out of it. To really see Marilyn at her best and check out that dress she wears, WOW! watch SOME LIKE IT HOT!