Jerome Ziegel 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.

csimpkins53 So the character of Pamela Piggott (portrayed by Juliet Mills) is supposed to be overweight? Really? She looks gorgeous to me. Every time I see her on screen I find myself smiling involuntarily. I find her to be very attractive, very pretty, very feminine and possessing a lovable personality. Considering that I am a single male, I would consider myself very fortunate indeed to have a fine lady like Pamela Piggott in my life! Okay, I have said everything that I need to say but I am getting a message that my review is too short! why is there a ridiculous requirement of a minimum of ten lines? If a person can say what they need to say in two lines why is ten lines required? It is simply a stupid requirement! Why force people to read more that what is necessary?

Claudio Carvalho The arrogant and rude Vice-President of the Armbruster Industries Wendell Armbruster, Jr. (Jack Lemmon) travels to Ischia, in Italy, to bring the body of his father Wendell Armbruster, Sr., who died in a suddenly and tragic accident while driving on a road, back to Baltimore. During his trip, the British woman Pamela Piggott (Juliet Mills) tries to start a conversation with him, but the impolite executive does not give a chance to her. In Ischia, the manager of Hotel Excelsior Carlo Carlucci (Clive Revill) welcomes Wendell telling that it is a place that heals everything; he helps him with the Italian bureaucracy and to get a sealed zinc casket in Amalfi to release the corpse from the morgue. When Wendell meets Pamela in the hotel, he discovers that his father and her mother had been lovers for ten years and they had met each other every year from July 15th to August 15th. Wendell offers to help Pamela, who is needy and has weight problem, and they decide to follow the routine of his father and their mother, finding why the couple had had a so long love affair."Avanti!" is another delightful movie of the genius Billy Wilder. This witty, ironic and dramatic romantic comedy has another partnership with Jack Lemmon in the lead role of a rude and tough executive that is surprised with the secret relief valve of his father's life in the wonderful Italy. The sweet and charming Juliet Mills is perfect in the role of the complexed and needy Pamela. And Clive Revill is fantastic in the role of an experienced hotel manager that fixes everything in the Hotel Excelsior and his performance deserved a nomination to the Oscar. The plot is supported by magnificent landscapes and one of the most beautiful soundtracks of the cinema history. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Avanti … Amantes Á Italiana" ("Avanti ...Italian Lovers")

indy-39 Saw this when it was released and thought it was "okay"- had a little problem with the story's European morality- but I was only a teenager at the time. Over the years I've caught the film on a couple of occasions (not always seeing all of it, after all it is a long film) and I would normally say the film had grown on me...but I have the feeling it's me that has done the growing. A real pleasure- from the performances to the locations- I find it now oddly affecting. Wilder's last best shot is an absolute must for anyone who has had to sit through Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. At his best Wilder is as good as anyone at film-making and, though Avanti is just shy of his best, it's a far sight ahead of what we call film today.