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Two for the Road

Two for the Road

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Romantic Comedy With Content!
Review: Mark and Joanna Wallace meet while each is sailing to France, meet again while traveling, travel together, fall in love, and marry. Then the real work begins, with quarrels, unfaithfulness, a husband who loves his wife and daughter but frequently seems to love his work more, an obviously loving but equally stubborn wife, and, most important, love that brings them back together.

Audrey Hepburn is elegant, playful, passionate, willful, and loving in turn, while Albert Finney is excellent in his role as a man in love with his profession of architecture - sometimes so much that he doesn't pay sufficient attention to things right under his nose. William Daniel and Eleanor Bron are exceptional in their portrayal of Mark's girlfriend from his college days in America (I think that Eleanor Bron is English, but her northeastern American accent is perfect) and her husband, touring the European continent with Mark and Joanna after their marriage but before the birth of their

daughter. You also get a few minutes of a very young and, of course, very beautiful and sexy Jacqueline Bisset flirting with Albert Finney fairly early in the movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Perfect!
Review: This is one of my favourite movies of all time, perhaps THE favourite! Audrey looks just gorgeous (as always) and Albert Finney is very good, too. If you're a film freak, go out and buy this!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Their Marriage Survived the Years, As Did the Film
Review: What seems so clichéd now was quite ahead of its time back in 1966. The surreal opening sequence, featuring animated traffic signs floating past the screen whilst credits fade in and out, sets the mood perfectly - complete with a beautiful Mancini theme - for a film that is somewhere North of Comedy, but just a bit South from Drama. It's correct to assume that very little has ever depicted a relationship so true to life.

The bitter beginning shows the distance between the seemingly unhappily married couple of Joanna (Audrey Hepburn) and Mark (Albert Finney) Wallace. It is nothing short of fitting.

From that point on the movie jumps from point-to-point on the time line of their relationship. The fun and fancy-free aura of their early years to the bitter and cold homestretch, ... .

"Two For The Road" is certainly a far cry from anything audiences had seen prior to that and is certainly something film makers try to reproduce frequently - with far less success. The film is a classic in its own right and something all movie lovers should witness. The pain-stakingly real performance of Audrey Hepburn was no surprise and it's also no wonder why she remains one of Hollywood's favorite leading ladies. Albert Finney's portrayal of a loving man with a cold façade only compliments his opposite's performance (ironically enough, it is most evident when they clash). It's clear that this movie makes you fall in love it it just as many times as the characters do, but you can only walk away from it with a smile on your face for the seconds, with the couple uttering their pet names for each other that are just as obscene as they are romantic and driving off into the horizon, you see that even in it's darkest hours, life is beautiful. It's hard to get that from an ordinary movie, to say the very least.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Slice of 60s Pop Culture
Review: Hepburn and Finney act well, and their chemistry is obvious. Though the film's portrayal of romantic love is a bit shallow and completely sex-driven (mirroring the social changes of its time), the way in which the plot's timeline is scrambled is clever and provocative. Mancini's score is gorgeous and elicits the romantic idealism and nostalgia which colors the entire film.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hepburn, Finney, Donen are brilliant
Review: While Audrey Hepburn gets almost the credit she deserves, Albert Finney and directory Stanely Donen are virtualy ignored by today's public. This movie is an excellent representation of their talents. Donen's movies are very well remember (think "Funny Face" or Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling in "Royal Wedding" or Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in the chase scene from "Charade") but his best movie, "Two for the Road" was very much ahead of it's time. This is not your typical Hepburn movie- it's not light or comedic ("Sabrina" "Roman Holiday" "Funny Face") nor is it very dramatic ("Wait Until Dark" "The Nun's Story"), but a great balance of both. Witty and charming. One of my favorite movies of all time.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sorry I wasted my time.
Review: I love Audrey Hepburn [love kate too]always have, always will. I remember not caring for Albert Finney's performance in "A Christmas Carol" The 1951 Alistair Sim version is my favorite there. I thought his work in "Simpatico" and "Erin Brokovich" was superb. This said brings us to "Two for the Road". It is so bad that I find it impossible to say anything good about it, and I wish I had never seen it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: My Absolute Favorite
Review: This is my all time favorite film. No other film captures the romance and the truth of love quite so beautifully. My heart melts every time I hear Finney say to Hepburn "If you want to be a Duchess, be a Duchess. If you want to make love its hats off". Hepburn says what most women have said at one time or another to a man "You don't know what love is".

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This film deserves to be on DVD!
Review: "Two For the Road" is one of Stanley Donen's best films -- and that's saying a lot. Audrey Hepburn displays her strongest acting, Albert Finney is wonderful, the writing is witty and truthful, and the Mancini music fits the movie perfectly. Donen creates a story that bears repeat viewing, cutting back and forth among the different time periods in the Wallaces' life.

The most annoying thing about the video is that it is not letterboxed, so you know you're missing out on part of the picture. When will this outstanding film be given the treatment it deserves? DVD, widescreen, and hopefully commentary by Stanley Donen himself. Criterion did it with Donen's "Charade" -- hopefully "Two For the Road" will be next!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Romantic Comedy Ever?
Review: If not the best, one of the best boy-girl/date films ever. Audrey and Albert are perfect in their rolls; Donnen's direction is with a light hand, and perfect. Even the music does not seem dated. Audrey's wardrobe is c. 1970 ultra chic - and still looks great. The changing time frames are very creative and best tells the story. Also fun to see Wiliam Daniels and others in great supporting work. Great color showing off the French scenery, and it's fun to see those cars again!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Gets better every time you watch it
Review: This is one of my favourite movies of all time. Audrey Hepburn is just wonderful, and you can sense she is really FEELING what she portrays. Albert Finney is also very good, even though he is not a very likable character.

The best scene is when he says "I don't undrestand sex. Say it easily -why is it we enjoy it more when it means less?" She answers "It's because it isn't personal anymore". I swear,you can see the pain in her eyes when she says it.

This is a movie I have watched over and over, and I never get tired of it. It's mostly for romantics, but the rest of you will love it too.


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