I rented this because I like old black & white movies & this has high ratings. I kept watching this but not understanding so I would stop and start over from the beginning to rewatch it several times until I gave up. The dialog is 100mph and terribly hard to follow because they talk in little quips. The characters all seem to be evil people who talk to each other in fast little incomplete sentences constantly cutting each other down. Everyone is miserable in this movie and they all try to out do each other by being the best at saying the most degrading thing to the other and as fast as possible. But it was impossible for me to figure out why everyone hated each other and their jobs. It was like watching a movie on fast forward. Terribly depressing movie about angry people running around avoiding conversation and spouting out quick cut throat insults at each other. That's all I could figure out before I gave up.
Review of Sweet Smell of Success
