Funny Face

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Summary: A wonderful film!
Review: This is a really great musical ,and I highly recommend it. I'd give it more stars if I could. Audrey Hepburn wears some very beautiful clothes in it. It has great dance numbers, and it takes place in Paris! Fred Astaire is also excelent in it. Audrey radiates such beauty and femininity. She has real class in it and is a real lady.

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Summary: Stodgy affair
Review: It's always nice to watch your favourite stars, and I expect this movie would fall completely flat if it wasn't for the presence of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. As it is, the first half of the movie is remarkably dull and stodgy and fails to entertain. Things start to pick up thereafter, from about the point of Astaire and Hepburn's photoshoot around Paris (with some nice location filming), but still the results are somewhat mediocre by comparison with the stars' other movies. By 1957 movie musicals were moving beyond the kind of lyrics that have absolutely nothing to do with the plot, but the writers of 'Funny Face' seem to have missed out on the trend, and most of the songs belong to an earlier era of movie-making. The star presence and a few memorable moments save the day, but otherwise the whole thing is rather a disappointment.

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Summary: A LITTLE CUTE BUT...
Review: Perhaps this musical is a little cute by today's often cynical standard,but that's because we lost the ability to dream.I beleive this film to be ASTAIRE's last good musical along with THE BAND WAGON.Not surpringly,FRED had starred with his sister ADELE in the 1927 original GERSHWIN show.What is important here is not the story but it's treatment full of ingenious fresh ideas by director DONEN.For example,the use of color is often amazing;you can actually feel the makers had a field day playing with it.The wedding sequences are fun to watch.We all know that AUDREY HEPBURN could have been FRED's daughter.To tell you the truth, i don't mind because they dance so well together.

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Summary: 'S WONDERFUL!!!
Review: I'm so happy this movie made it to DVD. There are so few Astaire musicals in this format--(when are the Ginger/Fred movies going to be considered for DVD?!)

This movie is a delight from start to finish, from the outrageous Think Pink number to the last wistful dance (on a raft floating down a silvery lake, no less). Hepburn was such a natural performer and even if she was not the most technically accomplished dancer, she was still shown off to great advantage by the legendary Astaire- watch his ease and attentiveness in parntering Hepburn during the Funny Face dance in the darkroom to see what I mean. That scene and the hysterical Clap Yo' Hands number with Thompson are worth the price of this DVD.

Do yourself a favor: Turn off the news and escape to this world of elegance.

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Summary: Guilty Pleasures
Review: Though this is one of those utterly unreal technicolor fantasies of the late fifties, it is still one of my favorite movies. The fashions are marvelous, while Audrey is glamorous to the point of causing despair in the hearts of her female audience. Add Fred Astaire, for all his years, still dapper and charming, and you have a highly unusual screen romance that is still enjoyable. Kay Thomson's hilarious performance certainly doesn't hurt anything either. All in all, for a musical it is truly snappy and fun. And did I mention the Givenchy fashions? Ahh... This is a happy female movie!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: What more can you ask for than Audrey Hepburn's dancing/singing/acting, Fred Astaire's dancing, and Kay Thompson's singing? Nothing. That's why this movie is as great as it is. I was watching it to see Audrey Hepburn, since I heard that this is the only movie besides Breakfast at Tiffany's that has her real voice. (My Fair Lady was dubbed over by Marni Nixon) And I adored it. It's so romantic, even though the age difference between Fred and Audrey is a little odd at times. Actually, the Proffessor Flostera looks better with Audrey than Fred did. But, the movie shined with the music score by Ira and George Gershwin. It was so beautiful, I went out and bought the CD soundtrack right after I saw the movie! It was excellent. I highly recommend this movie.

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Summary: A Stylish Musical
Review: Audrey Hepburn is luminous in FUNNY FACE, in which she plays a bookish, dowdy, and intellectual bookstore clerk who unwittingly becomes a model.

Kay Thompson plays Miss Prescott, the editor of 'Quality Magazine', who helps discover the little waif, along with a photographer (Fred Astaire).

She is taken to Paris, where she is to be the showcase for the magazine's new launch.

Along the way, she falls for the photographer and has a great time!

A effortlessly watchable show, featuring Kay Thompson singing the show-stopping 'Think Pink', Audrey Hepburn with 'How Long Has This Been Going On?' and Fred Astaire singing 'Funny Face'.

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Summary: SO HOT!!
Review: Hey what can I say. Audrey Hepburn so hot. They sing a lot of great songs too. Think Pink, That paris song. Man if you don't like this movie then your not human. OR maybe your more human then human. Either way ya gotta love audrey. Aubrey too, eh??? mack daddy.

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Summary: You'll love it if you love Audrey
Review: It's not her best, but if your are a fan of Audrey, or the 50's musical, you should enjoy this. With clothes by Givency, music by Gershwin, location in Paris, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and some memorable dance numbers.

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Summary: My Least Favorite Audrey Hepburn Movie
Review: I feel that I should have really enjoyed this movie. After all, it is a musical and a love story, it takes place in Paris, and it has Audrey Hepburn as the star. Normally, only two of those need to apply and I am hooked.

Not to be misunderstood, there are some very good things about this movie. Audrey Hepburn is lovely, as always, and having to believe she is a model is not a stretch at all. The clothes she wears are gorgeous, and she is especially stunning in a white bridal gown. It is refreshing to hear her do her own singing and to see her perform a wacky dance number.

Besides Ms. Hepburn's presence, there are the beautiful scenes of Paris, Fred Astaire's dancing, and some lovely and some comical musical numbers. Add to that a nice little story about a nobody bookstore clerk becoming the belle of the modeling world, and this movie should be one of my hotpicks. I ask myself why did I come away disappointed after watching Funny Face.

Two aspects lacked in this movie. First, the love story lacked some writing. Yes, it makes sense that Audrey Hepburn's character would fall in love with her photographer, but why would the photographer fall in love with her? Second, Fred Astaire's character is not developed well at all. The most we learn about him is that he is a photographer. I lay this more at the writer's feet than Mr. Astaire's.

If you are looking for a really good Audrey Hepburn movie, I would pass on this one and watch My Fair Lady or Roman Holiday. If all you want is a good Stanley Donen musical, go for Singin' in the Rain.