AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
grantfranks Almost everything about this movie works perfectly. Paris is beautiful. Audrey Hepburn is beautiful. The writing is witty and fun. The mystery is engaging. The Henry Mancini music is iconic. The supporting cast -- Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy -- are terrific. The only flaw is that the studio seems to have let is slip out of copyright, with the result that no one is motivated to be sure that high-quality prints and transfers are available. Alas! If you haven't seen this, you are in for a treat. Pop some popcorn, settle down and enjoy!
leethomas-11621 One of the greatest openings of any movie.
Sophisticated humour, score, stars.
Grant and Hepburn perfect. Watch out for Grant's pass-the-orange and clothed-shower routines.
Despite its deceptions, plot is probably a little thin for today's audience.
Kudos for any thriller that mixes humour and adventure so well (as the best of James Bond does)
macpet49-1 Audrey, Audrey--can't get (by now ancient) Cary to return her advances. He's obviously too embarrassed to get into a convo with her about the sexual inadequacies of elderly men. Cary looks like he's just doing a read through with the script around a table. He's not committed. He's relying on his humor to help him survive the filming. He's so tired looking--in fact, for most of the film he has a wan, grey pallor to his skin. Poor Audrey is flitting between murderers after her lost treasure while the audience waits for something to happen. The best actor is the little kid ("I berrcccchhhied it in zee gahden!"). Kennedy's fake hook hangs way too long for his body and he is prone to overacting. I like Coburn's cords. Between Audrey's breath (she was a chain smoker) and Grant's Polident odor, the kissing is rather bland and I'd say must've been tasteless. It's difficult to deep kiss a person with dentures. The scenery is great though. Aaaaaah, Paree!
ipruben I don't often laugh in the movies but this one made me laugh out loud a cople of times.The story is boring and simple, in a bad way. A wife to be widow, knows nothing about his husband. When he dies, Regina (Audrey) gets in the middle of an intrigue to find some mysterious money that his husband stole years ago. The movie try to make you think that someone is the bad guy and then kills him. Repeat until there is only one left. They find the money, end of the story.Two dimensional characters, very unreasonable romance. Boring, and simple. The charm of the 2 main characters kind of save the movie, but in my opinion is very very overrated.
