[An] unfailingly lovely fairy tale.
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04/01/08
Roman Holiday (1953)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:40
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: With Audrey Hepburn luminous in her American debut, Roman Holiday is as funny as it is beautiful, and sets the standard for the modern romantic comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This classic romantic comedy introduced Audrey Hepburn to audiences as a modern-day princess. Stifled by her royal entourage on a trip to Rome, Hepburn's Princess Ann escapes to explore the Italian... [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Tullio Carminati
Director: William Wyler
Reviews for Roman Holiday
Top CriticThe movie remains a great tonic.
06/24/06
Top CriticNo review available.
01/23/04
Timeless, exuberant classic, with Hepburn's naïve sense of fun and perfectly charming performance matched equally by Peck's lauche and charismatic worldy American.
03/30/03
Top CriticThe mix of silly comedy and innocent love turns the viewer into a willing tourist.
04/17/01
Top CriticThe newcomer named Audrey Hepburn gives the popular old romantic nonsense a reality it has seldom had before.
02/02/09
Top CriticMixes the romantic comedy formula of an unlikely couple slowly falling in love with some classic slapstick to create a movie that's tough not to be delighted by.
12/08/08
If only more filmmakers would remember that not all fairy-tale romances need to have a pat, happily-ever-after ending.
11/25/08
It's a beautiful snapshot into the past, both for the historic look of Rome and to witness the birth of the romantic comedy.
11/19/08
For lovers of romantic comedies through the ages, Roman Holiday remains a favorite.
04/01/08
No review available.
12/10/07
Delicious and delectable Audrey's Oscar-winning American debut. But not such a difficult feat with William Wyler backing you up.
08/13/07
Top Critic[Wyler] times the chuckles with a never-flagging pace, puts heart into the laughs, endows the footage with some boff bits of business and points up some tender, poignant scenes in using the smart script and the cast to the utmost advantage.
08/13/07
Top CriticWyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together -- it's charm by computer.
08/13/07
Wyler's direction is heavyhanded (imagine what Lubitsch or Capra would have done with the romantic tale), but the actors (Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert) are charming and on-location shoot in Rome is major benefit even if the film is b/w.
02/16/07
A delicious romantic-comedy.
01/29/06
No review available.
11/01/05
Features one of the greatest endings to come from Hollywood
04/29/05
No review available.
01/07/05
No review available.
12/28/04
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