Love in the Afternoon

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Summary: Cute but superficial romance
Review: Audrey Hepburn delivers a wonderful performance as a naive young music student who falls hopelessly in love with a much older playboy American tourist. Both Hepburn and Cooper are funny, and their witty banter is wonderful. I know this is a comedy, and partly a satire, but I was disturbed by several aspects of this film. First, the age differences between the two characters is a bit disturbing. Cooper looks every bit of his 56 years, while Hepburn looks like a college freshman. Second, couldn't the worldly Cooper tell that virginal Hepburn wasn't the flighty woman she claimed to be? Third, I was also disturbed by the "happily ever after" ending. Maybe my tastes are a little superior to this film (I much more prefer the ending to "Roman Holiday," a much better romantic comedy), but I simply could not swallow the final scene. Other than that, this film is a cute romantic comedy, especially the scenes where Hepburn describes her many (fictional) love affairs. Worth a viewing, but this one isn't being added to my DVD collection, even though I am an avid Audrey fan.

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Summary: See Audrey eat chicken!
Review: Audrey Hepburn fans need to buy this movie because it's up there with roman holiday and sabrina. when it came out, the public did not like it because of the age difference of hepburn and cooper. the chemistry is great between the two, and Audrey lights up the whole movie with charm and beauty. my favorite sceen is where she eats chicken. i'm a vegetarian, but she's so cute when she eats!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Charming...
Review: Audrey Hepburn is luminous--watching "thin girl" bewitch Flanagan was charming. With Gary Cooper's character, I would've liked a closer glimpse of what exactly made him so irresistable... the camera predictably pulls away during the clinches and the most you see is a silhouette of a kiss; the charms of this "ladies' man" are more implied than shown, although given the year this was filmed, that's not surprising. A few people commented on the age difference, but the younger-woman-older-man pairing is nothing new in Hollywood, and believe it or not, some of us "younger women" actually do prefer older men. Had Cooper been much younger, the plot wouldn't have made much sense. His character is meant to be worldly, sophisticated, and somewhat jaded. A young man in that role would have come off like the David Larrabee character in Sabrina: a lightweight.

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Summary: An Audrey Hepburn fan
Review: Billy Wilder have done it again. This romantic comedy is so enchanting and playful that no one could ever leave their seats until the movie finishes. The long-time partnership of Billy Wilder and Audrey Hepburn has always been magnificent. Billy knows what kind of movie Audrey would fit in. Still young enough to play the youthful Arianne, Love in the Afternoon is set in the enchacting city of Paris, where romance is found everywhere as Maurice Chevalier narates in the beginning of the film. This is one movie that is impossible to remake without the cinematic charisma of the two lead actors, Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, and the directorial genius of Billy Wilder. They are simply irreplaceable.

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Summary: "Love is a game any number can play...
Review: especially in the aftenoon..."

I began watching "Love in the Afternoon" with the intent of watching only half of it that night and then finishing the rest the next morning. At two hours and ten minutes, I felt that would be simply too much schmaltzy romance for one night. So I pressed play. A half hour passed. Then another. And another. And another. And then the painstakingly gorgeous final ten minutes that will be ingrained in any true romantic's memory forever.

I was so incredibly enchanted by this delightful bit of old-fashioned romance. This is a love story that, at least for me, has stood the test of time. The bittersweet beauty of this love story rang so true with me. I was utterly astounded that I found myself relating to a love story that was intended to have taken place nearly fifty years ago in Paris. The essence of love has obviously not changed over the years, no matter how drastically the world we inhabit has changed.

Billy Wilder, the man behind such classics as "Sabrina", "Some Like it Hot", "Sunset Boulevard", and "The Seven Year Itch", directed and co-wrote this timeless romance. Starring two of Old Hollywood's greatest stars, Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper, this film is flawless. It is marvelously filmed, contains a bounty of witty dialogue, and, most importantly, at its core is a surprisingly relatable and realistic romance that is perfectly set-up, executed, and finished in true glorious Old-Hollywood fashion. "Love in the Afternoon" is not to be missed by anyone looking for a romance that really "gets" what real love is and realistically depicts the pain and joy of it all.

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Summary: The chauffer of the Banker from Brussels
Review: For one very small bottle of perfume you can get 12 very large bananas. And for all the lies Audrey's character in this movie tells you can win over any American playboy

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Summary: A great love story for those with deeper feelings
Review: Great stars appear in this B & W film . It is an extreme expression of romanticism. At the time it was felt and therfore failed, that the age difference between the lovers was too great, a la Sean and Catherine, however the presence of the players makes this a lovely affair. As in Charade there is scant physical conatct which makes the story more poingant, allowing the imagination to enhance Wilder's work.

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Summary: A Wonderful Film
Review: Hepburn does a wonderful job again...Great delightful film.

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Summary: Wonderful...a must see for every Audrey fan!
Review: I adore Audrey and have seen all of her films. This is one of my 12 favorites. The lines in this are wonderful and Audrey has some of the best lines ever. She is so cute and innocent and offers a terrific screen performance. Definetly get this one!

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Summary: Loved it!!!
Review: I first saw "Love In The Afternoon" when I stayed home from school one day. I had been an Audrey fan, but never knew about this film. I'll admit at first I wasn't liking Gary playing opposite of young, beautiful Audrey. But after watching more than half of the movie I realized that the age difference didn't matter. Age isn't nothing but a number. Gary and Audrey had such chemisty that I don't think she could've had as well with anyone else for this movie. It's a wonderful movie from the start to the finish. I suggest you go and buy this movie now!