One, Two, Three is overwrought, tasteless, and offensive -- a comedy that pulls out laughs the way a catheter draws urine.

| Sep 11, 2023

...plays as a farce at breakneck speed, with Cagney ripping through his dialogue with real verve…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2022

Cagney performs at such a breakneck speed, it's no wonder he retired from movies immediately thereafter, only returning 20 years later for a role in 1981's Ragtime.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 16, 2021

A unique time capsule in several regards, One, Two, Three is otherwise all fizz -- a dated farce, especially in comparison to Wilder's all-time greats.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 9, 2020

Wilder turns both the capitalist and communist systems into caricatures and isn't sparse. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Oct 8, 2019

Past the manic frenzy of the screwball comedy are many sly nods to the frosty Cold War relations between the East and the West.

| Jun 28, 2019

A fast-paced post-war farce which never lets up.

| Apr 12, 2019

Not just a great attempt at caustic social commentary through the broadest of comedy, but also one the funniest movies of the '60s.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 2, 2016

One of [Wilder's] very best films.

| Aug 11, 2008

The screenplay, based on a one-act play by Ferenc Molnar, is outstanding.

| Aug 15, 2007

It would be better to watch this alone as the sound of chuckling in a theater will drown out many of the clever lines.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2007

The pace is blistering, and Wilder's deep-seated hatred of Germans has never been put to more comic use.

| Aug 15, 2007

The targets of Wilder's satire--a vulgar American capitalist culture and an outdated Russian Communist culture--are too obvious to be that funny.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 4, 2007

Marvellous one-liners, of course, and Cagney, spitting out his lines with machine-gun rapidity...

| Jan 26, 2006

One, Two, Three celebrates as it satirizes American cultural imperialism.

Full Review | Jan 10, 2006

Agreeable comedy

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 19, 2005

Cagney & Co. shine in Wilder's Cold War comedy

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 19, 2004

Wilder crafted what may well be his funniest movie with One, Two, Three. It's certainly his fastest-paced film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 28, 2003