Love in the Afternoon (1957)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:19
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Another May-December romantic comedy from Wilder starring Audrey Hepburn, this one pairs her with Gary Cooper in the City of Lights. Ariane Chavasse (Hepburn) is the daughter of a private detective... [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver
Director: Billy Wilder
Reviews for Love in the Afternoon
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An over-long and only spasmodically amusing romantic comedy... Full Review |
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The production holds enchantment and delight in substantial quantity. Full Review |
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B+ |
Though not as charming or touching as Sabrina, Wilder's 1957 romantic comedy teams Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn and serves as a good star vehicle for both. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Love in the Afternoon had great locations going for it. It also had the winsome charm of Hepburn, the elfin puckishness of Chevalier, a literate script by Wilder and Diamond, and an airy feeling that wafted the audience along. Full Review |
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As Andrew Sarris says, not without its cruelties, but not without its beauties as well. Full Review |
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C |
It was hard to get excited about such an overlong dreary tale, where Cooper was miscast and the champagne fizzles. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/4 |
It's quite long, Hepburn sports one of her worst hairstyles, and Cooper and Hepburn's glaring age difference (28 years) is distracting, but this is a wonderful, charming romantic comedy nonetheless. Full Review |
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It's the closest Wilder ever came to Ernst Lubitsch. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Charming, romantic comedy with Coop and Audrey Hepburn.
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4/5 |
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5/5 |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Wilder attempts to do Lubitsch with mixed but charming results.
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5/5 |
Ultra-chic Wilder.
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
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3/5 |
Generally regarded as a classic, probably by people who haven't sat through it. Full Review |
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87/100 |
Hepburn’s performance represents precisely why the Hollywood studio system lasted as long as it did. Full Review |
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