Best movie of this year hands down!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Not Billy Wilders best but at times funny and an absolutely beautiful movie to look at.Hard to choose which is more beautiful,the Italian Riviera or Juliet Mills in the altogether.This was the Nanny and the Professor that everyone of us who was in love with Juliet Mills wanted to see.The hardest part of the movie to believe is that it takes Jack Lemmon so long to fall in love with her.If you see this movie is on one of your cable channels it is a definite must see for the laughs,the scenery and the loveliness of Italy and Juliet Mills Alpine curves and exquisite English beauty.Edward Andrews and Clive Revill both have a field day with their character roles and were never better.

Billy Wilder is responsible for a major numbers of unforgettable comedies. "Avanti!" has not the fame of "Some like it hot" (1959), "The apartment" (1960) or "The fortune cookie" (1966), but is in the same level. A combination of comedy, drama and romance that Wilder handle like a master. Jack Lemmon is superb, the script is fine and the direction of wilder is touching. Here you get laughs, tears and a lot of moments of truly fun!!!!!!!! A fast paced comedy with little touches of drama combined with an extraordinary numbers of details that convert "Avanti!" in a real vivid experience. This movie is simple GREAT. Highly recommended.

A successful businessman (Jack Lemmon) goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.Whether this film is good or not depends on how you look at it. If you want a film that is not predictable, you will hate this film, because it follows all the classic formulas from scene one to the closing credits.But we do have the Wilder touch, and Jack Lemmon is always a joy to watch. He won a Golden Globe for this role. Is it his best movie? No. He probably won because of his nude scenes.Some of the characters (notably the coroner) are amusing and really make the film worthwhile, but it is not the best film from either Lemmon or Wilder and thus while I liked it would not strongly endorse it.

I have to admit that I am usually more into movies like Fight Club or Lord of the Rings and so I watched Avanti only because there was really nothing else on TV and I was too lazy to put in a DVD.And then something magic happened: I got totally sucked into this movie, up to the point that I had tears in my eyes in the final scene.Jack Lemmon has always been a great actor, but in this movie he's absolutely awesome. Juliet Mills is beautiful, charming and Clive Revill as omnipresent hotel director with dozens of relatives is simply hilarious.And the story... Well, if you didn't believe in love before, then Billy Wilder shows you that it really does exist - and that it does not matter who you are and where you come from. Only the moment counts.Don't make the mistake to ignore this jewel just because it might be a bit older or because you think romantic comedies are just for girls. This movie has everything cinema is about and I thank Billy Wilder for creating it.