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10/11/04
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
The Roman travelogue is pleasant enough, and Audrey Hepburn is positively peerless.
02/14/04
When you say 'They don't make movies like that anymore,' you're really talking about this film.
09/11/03
Hepburn is utterly beguiling in her star-making role opposite Peck in a delightful romantic comedy about a poised young princess of an unspecified European country who spends a magical day with an American reporter playing hooky.
08/22/03
Mr. Wyler and his associates have fashioned a natural, tender, and amusing yarn about the heiress to the throne of a mythical kingdom who is sick unto death of an unending schedule of speeches, greetings, and interviews attendant on her goodwill tour...
05/20/03
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03/30/03
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03/20/03
Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar and popular acclaim in this story of a princess who breaks free of the palace and has a fling with Gregory Peck.
03/10/03
The film itself is a classic of romantic wish fulfillment, exactly the sort of beautiful lie that Hollywood specialized in.
01/24/03
Paramount restored Roman Holiday for its release on DVD, and the result is crisp and glorious.
12/20/02
The final moments of Roman Holiday are among the most moving and memorable of any romantic comedy I can think of
12/16/02
A lovely little romance, full of fun and playfulness, stellar performances (Hepburn won an Oscar and Albert was nominated), and all set against the beauty of Rome
11/16/02
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10/31/02
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08/30/02
Nice little bittersweet comedy
08/14/02
A stunning film debut by Audrey Hepburn, charming, gaminlike, a delight.
08/13/02
One of the best romantic films of all time.
05/30/01
Roman Holiday is [Audrey Hepburn's] perfect picture.
01/01/00
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck are just magic together in this delightful romantic comedy, which is perhaps one of the happiest and most enjoyable films ever made.
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