Audrey Hepburn is a young princess (of an unspecified country) who meets and courts a newspaper reporter (Gregory Peck) in...
Audrey Hepburn is a young princess (of an unspecified country) who meets and courts a newspaper reporter (Gregory Peck) in Rome in William Wyler's (Ben-Hur) romantic comedy. Hepburn won an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for her performance.
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96 %67 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %63,690 reviewsAudience score rating
"[Wyler] times the chuckles with a never-flagging pace, puts heart into the laughs, endows the footage with some boff bits of business and points up some tender, poignant scenes in using the smart script and the cast to the utmost advantage."
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Variety
Variety"Hepburn and Peck revel in their shared duplicity but almost take a backseat to the splendour of the Italian capital, which has rarely been given so much lens-love since."
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Total Film
Total Film"The movie remains a great tonic."
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Time Out
Time Out"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..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A lovely film."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Timeless, exuberant classic, with Hepburn's naïve sense of fun and perfectly charming performance matched equally by Peck's lauche and charismatic worldy American."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"The mix of silly comedy and innocent love turns the viewer into a willing tourist."
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BBC
BBCRoman Holiday | Details
Award winner- Best Actress (Hepburn), Screenplay and Costume Design winner at the Academy Awards 1954. Best British Actress (Hepburn), BAFTA Awards 1954. Best Actress (Drama, Audrey Hepburn), Golden Globes 1954.
- Rating
- G,
- Runtime
- 118
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance
- Country of origin
- USA
