Sir William Rose Blake’s review published on Letterboxd:
Pillow Talk is the most traditional rom-com you'll ever see today, everything here is so usual, but for the year of 1959 is not. Once released in cinemas with many doubts in the product. Pillow Talk has become of most popular and well-made rom-com of all times and even nominated for some Oscars.
So here I explain the plot, a very original storyline. The plot is about two neighbours Doris Day and Rock Hudson have one phone connections which if you every time talks on the phone the other could hear your most private conversations. And Hudson hears every conversation from Day causing the both problems. Doris, of course, didn't want somebody to hear your private conversation, and Hudson uses this idea for the own benefit. Doris became one very popular star by the time; and this movie represents your grace and beauties in every frame your charioteer is pleasant, charming, funny and charismatic enough to we care about the person and who plays it so well. Hudson in otherwise is some womaniser and rich and talented musician who doesn't loose your time to mock and joking on Doris' face.
One night she came to a restaurant after a disastrous date, and Hudson realises the opportunity to fool her that night. Playing some naive hillbilly in the big city to make a silly encounter, and fooling her around with your fake character. The relationship with the both is so well made, funny, brilliant and defines all the story giving all the highlights. (the chemistry does create this bound).
Pillow Talk resides on your brilliant work on characters and his funny relationship not in some banal and shallow comedy that you see every day. Hudson mock and jokes about love and Doris is serious and interested in love the both will hurt and understand about this; that's the gag in Pillow Talk the love is a drug which the movie do is play with this drug and turn into some brilliant storytelling. (and we felt for good). That's my definition of this work I have found and only known to say. Enjoy yourself.
19th Review