A flop?

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If it flopped (it did?) that doesn't mean it's a bad film. It may not have been a success money-wise, but it's a great film movie-wise. Definitely in my top-3. Rating-wise.

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Why don't you like it. We had a great time watching this gem. We enjoyed the plot, the characters, location, humour, and... I can't think of anything really negative, except the lead actress was referred to as fat, though she clearly wasn't.

I'm not surprised it flopped. I only watched it cause it was on sale for $5 but what a waste of money. The acting was okay but for 2 such stars to be in such a nothing film was disappointing.

Maybe Hollywood had lost its taste for Wilder by 1972 - his subsequent films weren't hits, either (and THE FRONT PAGE was dreadful). AVANTI! is over-long and overly-indulgent, nevertheless it's very enjoyable and contains three of the best performances Wilder ever got out of anybody. I know I'll watch this film again, if only for the sheer pleasure of Lemmon, Mills and Revill - not to mention the photography and the music.

"Remind me to tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke."

I was interested enough to look it up... IMDb's Budget vs. Gross for Avanti shows that it made $2M profit, in 1974; not so much a flop. Maybe not Wilder's best, but IMHO it's better than most rom-coms made since ~2000.

You say that "Some Like It Hot" or "The Apartment" are good movies? Gee I'll have to try watching them sometime

I never understood why people liked "Some Like It Hot". "The Apartment" was pretty good. But the Wilder film that cracks me up is "One, Two, Three."