How sad is this?

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

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I'm often asked which of Doris Day's movies I would most highly recommend (I've been a fan since I was seven years old).I'll stay within the years 1953 to 1963 because the only one I disliked in that period was "The Tunnel Of Love". Like most of the other reviewers,"Pillow Talk" has to be my first choice.It's hard to add anything new to the excellent,glowing reviews that precede mine but I'll try. For a start,this movie makes me chuckle to myself just thinking about it.Everything works for me,from the opening credits to the end. Doris looks gorgeous throughout and her timing and double takes are a treat.I relish the moment when she attempts to reach a compromise over the party-line problem and very reasonably suggests to 'Mr. Allen'; "we are just going to have to try living with one- another".The way she pauses,on realizing what she may have insinuated, reminds me of a similar classic moment with Clark Gable in "Teacher's Pet"(don't miss that one). Rock Hudson was obviously very much at ease with Doris,both on and off screen and his comic timing is also spot on.To quote Doris; "What a marvellous looking man". Thelma Ritter and Tony Randall are both in top form.Love the elevator man too.

I am a big fan of movies both modern and classic. I like many movies despite some uncomfortable moments due to changing times and beliefs. This movie, however, I found appalling. The plot from beginning to end, promotes rape culture. It does not matter if it is a well acted movie with famous stars, it still champions faulty ideas about how men are allowed, even encouraged to treat women. Ideas that still today mislead young men into thinking their behavior is not rape. Deceive a woman, that's OK, stalk her, that's excusable, forcibly break into her apartment and kidnap her, no problem as long as you propose. She'll fall at your feet and marry you too. Think that last one doesn't happen today? It happened here in Maine about two years ago. A troubled young man kidnapped a young woman thinking she would fall in love with him when he "rescued" her. The girl ended up dead. Perhaps remembering that event colored my opinion. I still maintain that some classic movies can be enjoyed over and over, even today. Others really need to be left in the past.

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

Before I saw Pillow Talk, as much as I did love Young At Heart, Move Over Darling, Love Me or Leave Me and The Thrill of It All, I thought I'd never see a Doris Day film that I loved more than Calamity Jane. Well with Pillow Talk, I found it. It is witty, charming, smart, fresh and funny, and like I said with Move Over Darling it doesn't have a single wasted scene. Also it is my personal favourite of the films Day made with Universal Studios.I will admit when I first saw the film I did occasionally find it slow and the ending a little abrupt. Seeing it again, any flaws I had with it initially went completely, and the more I saw Pillow Talk the more I found to like and the more I liked it. The story about a telephone party line is smart and quite original. It is glossy froth, but I like glossy froth. The production values are pretty simple yet glamorous and the music is pleasant and memorable, I especially loved the title song which is really quite catchy. The screenplay is witty and funny and has charm to it too, while the film is very well directed by Michael Gordon.Even better are the performances. Doris Day once again is fresh and endearing, and Rock Hudson also has his share of adroit humour and does it with flair. But these two are superbly supported by Tony Randall, who I think gives his best performance in this film and Thelma Ritter who also have the best material. In conclusion, a truly wonderful film, if you give it a chance I think you'll like it. 10/10 Bethany Cox