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Roman Holiday

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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... 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 city on her own. While incognito, she falls in love with an American newspaperman, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). When Bradley learns of Ann's true identity, he finds himself torn between following his nose for news--and turning her into a big story--or the growing affections of his heart. A hit in 1953, ROMAN HOLIDAY won Hepburn an Academy Award for Best Actress, and was also notable for its Oscar-winning story by then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo (credited as Ian McLellan Hunter). [More]

Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Tullio Carminati

Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Tullio Carminati, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Paolo Carlini

Director: William Wyler

Director: William Wyler
Producer: William Wyler
Screenwriter: Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Composer: Georges Auric

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Reviews for Roman Holiday

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[An] unfailingly lovely fairy tale.

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04/01/08
Channel 4 Film
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The movie remains a great tonic.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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No review available.

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01/23/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Timeless, exuberant classic, with Hepburn's naïve sense of fun and perfectly charming performance matched equally by Peck's lauche and charismatic worldy American.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/30/03
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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The mix of silly comedy and innocent love turns the viewer into a willing tourist.

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04/17/01
Almar Haflidason
Almar Haflidason
BBC
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The newcomer named Audrey Hepburn gives the popular old romantic nonsense a reality it has seldom had before.

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02/02/09
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Mixes 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.

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12/08/08
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

If only more filmmakers would remember that not all fairy-tale romances need to have a pat, happily-ever-after ending.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
11/25/08
Kent Turner
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

It's a beautiful snapshot into the past, both for the historic look of Rome and to witness the birth of the romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
11/19/08
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

For lovers of romantic comedies through the ages, Roman Holiday remains a favorite.

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04/01/08
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

No review available.

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12/10/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
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Delicious and delectable Audrey's Oscar-winning American debut. But not such a difficult feat with William Wyler backing you up.

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08/13/07
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[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.

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08/13/07
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together -- it's charm by computer.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 3 Comments
08/13/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

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.

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02/16/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A delicious romantic-comedy.

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01/29/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Features one of the greatest endings to come from Hollywood

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04/29/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

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01/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
 
 
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