Sabrina

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Summary: Covetousness, Adultery, Drunkness and Deceit
Review: Fleshly lusts. Hollywood. With Satan, these play to the weak by stooping to the gutter, dipping into unsavory slime. Slather our minds with evil dressed sweetly with pomp and circumstance. Sabrina portrays drunkenness, revelry, deceit, immorality, lust, pride, fornication and adultery, but it doesn't stop there.

To start off, would YOU want YOUR daughter chasing after a womanizing drunk, in this case David Larrabee (portrayed by William Holden)? Yet the hapless father of Sabrina, the Larrabee chauffeur, very carefully drives the rich about, yet can't see straight enough to steer his daughter right when it comes to men. Throughout, he never says a word about her abominable choices, manipulations, interference with the engagement of David, her deceitfulness, or her entanglement with David's brother, Linus (Humphrey Bogart).

Sabrina's father is more of a wimp than Homer Simpson! He sits around saying nothing and doing less than that to truly help Sabrina. The gaggle of Larrabee servants -- "The Sabrina Fan Club" of weak-minded gossips -- try living life through Sabrina, hoping she lands one a wealthy Larrabee boy as her hubby. Evidently the theme is, if, and no matter HOW, one of the lowly working-class people can make it into High Society, then it's a "victory" for the entire working class. You GO, girl!

The end justifies the means. Go for all the gusto you can, get yourself up in the world, by hook or by crook. Look at the mess that kind of thinking has us in; Enron, Freddie Mac, the tobacco company lawsuits. Is "winning" at any cost REALLY what life is about? Few people have the eternal perspective; whatever happened to HONESTY and good moral principles, to "it's not whether you win or loose, but how you play the game"?

Early in the film: Sabrina perched in a tree, watching a gala at the mansion. She sees David put champagne glasses into his tuxedo pants pockets. He grabs a bottle of bubbly and heads off to the indoor tennis court to meet a damsel for drinking and fornication. Sabrina gets jealous. She is about to leave for Europe and now her heart is broken, oh, boo-hoo.

When Sabrina feels overwhelmed because she didn't get her way with David, she makes a choice that many psychiatric patients have made, attempting suicide. But, Linus to the rescue in a bit of weak foreshadowing as he nixes the noxious fumes of eight cars idling in the garage with the doors closed. Funny how chauffeur Daddy didn't notice, but he obviously doesn't care so of course the script has to be consistent with his role, the interplay of characters, and various subthemes here and throughout the production.

Sabrina somewhat reluctantly goes on to Paris to study the culinary arts, resolving to become "the most sophisticated" lady that the Larrabee estate will ever see, imagining that she will return, peradventure like General MacArthur in the Philippines. Oh, what drivel, coveting such a vacuous title, but the movie plods along in this earthly, selfishly sinful, boastful vein. Sure enough, after learning how to break and beat eggs with the best of them (where is the SPCA when we need them?), Sabrina returns -- badder than Shaft, can you dig it?

David-the-playboy/wolf soon forgets about his current fiancé, then plots with Sabrina to dump the wife-to-be and carry on with Sabrina instead. They kiss while dancing...is there anyone for tennis...David puts the champagne glasses into his tuxedo pants pockets...he makes a move for the bubbly...but once again, Linus to the rescue!

Thrown in for good measure are a few scenes where you realize that the father of these Larrabee boys does nothing but drink, sneak puffs on a cigar behind his wife's back, and drink some more. Mrs. Larrabee is some sort of a hound, a watchdog, and it seems that she's only as good as the last sneaky thing that Mr. Larrabee got away with. What wonderful moral values Hollywood tried to portray in those days!

Drink, smoke, cheat, lie, fornicate, commit adultery and whatnot, so that today, all the film industry has left is to portray homosexuality (see Leviticus 18:22), adult-child sex, LOTS of blood, violence, and always have coarse language, along with maybe a WOMAN winning a fist-fight against a man, just to keep everything upside down. Sabrina and films of its ilk are an embarrassment to the United States of America and helped us earn our "Great Satan" title. The Bible tells us that the things men esteem highly are of no value to God. So what if Sabrina was nominated for a half a dozen Academy Awards, it's filth.

Linus orchestrates Sabrina away from David for a time. Linus has the family's business interests at heart, so he starts manipulating the situation, then realizes he has feelings for Sabrina. Funny how he's old enough to be her father, hmm, maybe he could step in for the dud chauffer dad, but, look out, folks, Linus turns out to really love Sabrina and the movie comes rapidly to a close.

What's WRONG with this picture? Just about everything when viewed from the perspective of true, Biblical and godly morals.

It's not a romantic film, it's about lust. It's not charming or even "cute", but portrays lies and manipulation. It is not a great film, only trash. It's not a classic because it fails to portray class. It's not even witty; it's DISGUSTING. Shame on playwright Samuel Taylor for dreaming it up -- greater shame on Billy Wilder and Hollywood for putting it on celluloid.

This was a ho-hum movie with a farcical premise, it gets only a rating of "1" because the Amazon.com system doesn't go lower, or I'd have given it a ZERO for sure.

(ALSO: See my review of "Where The Boys Are")

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Summary: DESERVES A TEN!!!
Review: My appreciation for this movie has sky-rocketed this last week. I recently watched the new Sabrina with Harrison Ford... it didn't even compare! This version is much much better! I've read the review for this movie... some think Bogart was too old for this movie or that the interplay between Hepburn and Bogart wasn't good. I definitely disagree! The chemistry between Audrey and Bogart is fantastic... the screen just sparks with it! I'm not sure of the behind the screens of this movie... some say that Bogart and Hepburn didn't work well together... all I know is that is produces something between them that is incomparable! Only couples like Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall & Bogart can produce this much chemistry on the screen!

I love the story of Sabrina...
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the plain looking daughter of a chauffer. She falls in love with the playboy son, David (William Holden), of the wealthy people her father serves. David doesn't notice her... Her father sends her off to a cooking school in Paris and there she becomes transformed into a dazzlingly gorgeous young lady. She comes home stunningly beautiful and catches the eye of the playboy son, David. Linus (Bogart) has worked out a merger with this company and rich family who owns sugarcane plantations. Part of the deal is that David is marrying their daughter. So Linus has to draw Sabrina away from David, because he's already engaged... and Sabrina falls in love with Linus... I won't give the end away... I'll just say it's worth the watch... It leaves you satisfied. Sometimes you watch a movie and at the end you are like... "So?" ... It didn't end well... Well this is not one of those movies! I love this movie to death! The best Actors, music, and chemistry! A definite watch!

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Summary: A movie for all ages
Review: I am a young kid and since i have liked all of the Audrey Hepburn movies i have seen, I thought, why not watch another. I loved it. Audrey Hepburn was fantastic as Sabrina and Humphrey Bogart was great too. This is not just an adult movie. It will bring warmth to your heart every time you watch it.

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Summary: Sabrina
Review: A great movie the remake was good to I prefered the Audrey hepburn in this movie to the leading actress in the new remake. However I liked Harrison Ford better in the remake over Humphrey Bogart in the original. In other word you need to see both.

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Summary: I love this movie!!!!
Review: I am an old movie fan through and through I watch them all the time and this has to be if not my favorite quite close. I love the story line ecspecially the part where Linus says "It's all in the family." and when David sits on the wine glasses that is classic.

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Summary: a great and enchanting film
Review: Audrey, Hepburn, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart, make an all star cast in this wonderful films. Audrey plays the waif like young women who transforms into a real lady, very beautiful. Audrey's costumes alone are worth an award. The story about two brothers loving th esame woman is very entertaining, funny and romantic. All the characters are memorable and it's avery enjoyable film to watch over and over again. Miss Hepburn radiates a very natural beauty and femininity. She has an elegance that will never go out of style. In my opinion this is one of h er best films. Bogart is great as Linous, and William Holden is very good as his brother
David. This ones a real classic and a keeper. It's one of my personal all time favorites. Also it has extra footage on this commmemrative addition that talks about "Sabrina," and the filming of it. Very interesting.

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Summary: Romantically funny!
Review: They don't make movies like this anymore; any "modern" remakes of the old movies just doesn't cut the mustard in my opinion. There aren't actors like Humphrey Bogart or Audrey Hepburn anymore. The old movies are the best. -A classics movie buff

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Summary: Romantic fairy tale
Review: Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn), the daughter of a chauffeur, grows up as a tomboy on the Larrabee estate, loving the younger Larrabee son, David (William Holden), from afar. After two years at cooking school in Paris, she returns as a woman who can catch David's eye. Older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) intervenes to thwart the match and ends up falling for Sabrina himself.

This is a fine example of golden age Hollywood filmmaking with three classic movie stars at their finest. The dialogue is sharp and witty and the mood stays light and romantic.

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Summary: Isn't It Romantic?
Review: Audrey Hepburn simply sparkles as Sabrina Fairchild, the chauffeur's daughter in this enchanting romance classic. Bogart plays the eldest of two brothers (the other played by William Holden), a bookish industrialist who starts off competing for Sabrina's affections but winds up falling in love with her instead. Hepburn is magical as the lead, glittering like an angel atop a Christmas tree. Holden cuts a romantic, charismatic swath and figure as the devil-may-care playboy working himself up to marriage number three. Based on the play, Sabrina Fair, Billy Wilder directs with sardonic wit, charm and the ease of a true master of the cinema. This is a love story that remains timeless. Paramount hasn't restored the film, though there is nothing terribly wrong with the transfer as is. Fine details occasionally shimmer and once in a long while a scratch or chip in the camera negative can be detected by the naked eye. Over all though, this is a great looking DVD. Also included, a featurette that glosses over the making of the movie. Bottom line: Hepburn, Holden and Bogart prove themselves as not only stars, but American pop icons. Isn't it romantic? - Definitely!

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Summary: A thoroughly satisfying movie.
Review: We view this original version movie every so often just for the pleasure of it. It's very suitable for repeat viewing since we don't tire of it. It has visual good quality and the scenes move comfortably, (not so fast or jumpy as many modern films). I highly recommend this movie.