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Plot: A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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MCT:August 31, 2008
Didnt really love it as a musical but it had a nice little story and it's worth the watch if you're willing to sit almost three hours to finish the movie.
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MCT:August 29, 2008Love Audrey, love the costumes, love the music! A great classic story with some of the most amazing actors ever!
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MCT:August 21, 2008
A high-class professor tries to turn a low-class flower girl into a high society socialite. A fun film that sees Miss Audrey Hepburn in one of her most adored roles. I love the clothes and music. Nice film.
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MCT:August 10, 2008
oh i like this film.. Audrey Hepburn is fantastic!! i have it at home.. so i can watch it whenever i want.. ^^
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MCT:July 29, 2008I love musicals and this film was annoying. The "sets" the atmosphere of the film and everything just felt blah.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
what a great film.
good cast, the two min are great, interesting story and very sweet and funny.
there's also some great songs in it. nice film. -
MCT:July 11, 2008
very well done movie but very long and very unromantic. serriously, higgins closing love song was "I've grown accustomed to her face."
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MCT:July 3, 2008This movie, a musical, tells the story of a low class woman who makes a career selling flowers on the streets who is discovered by a wealthy professor who vows to change her speech and manner so that she appears to be an upper-class citizen. The plot is nothing terrific, but it isn't bad either. It's a little slow at times, but consistently paced. There's a few moments that are somewhat comical which aids in the watchability of the three hour musical.
The film stars Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. They both act rather well. Harrison won Best Actor while Hepburn was nominated for no Academy Award. I was especially impressed with her accent which changes throughout the film At first she's dressed and speaks in a manner such that I couldn't even recognize her as Hepburn. She ends the film with an entirely different accent that sounds nothing like what I'm accustomed to for her.
While the acting was pretty good, the singing and dancing was less than stellar. The movie didn't have much in the way of dancing at all which seems a little odd for a musical. While I don't particularly care for the singing and dancing aspect of musicals, this one didn't seem to do this particularly well. Singin' in the Rain had lots of singing and dancing which I didn't care for either, but it seemed like it was much more well-done in this film. The major problem with this film is Audrey Hepburn's singing, or lack thereof. Her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon which was very distracting as Nixon's voice sounds nothing like Hepburn's - it's way too high and Hepburn's character sings so much it is quite annoying. Hepburn did a little bit of singing in previous films I've seen and famously sung "Moon River" in Breakfast at Tiffany's (which I have not seen) so I'm not sure the dubbing of her voice was necessary.
Overall, this was probably more enjoyable a film than Singin' in the Rain despite its shortcomings. With the very distracting dubbing of Hepburn's voice and lack of impressive musical numbers, this film probably ends up being just slightly worse than Singin' in the Rain. For a fan of musicals (which I am not) this is probably a great film. For everyone else, this is a good movie, but not great.
72/100
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MCT:June 29, 2008Musical about a low class flower girl who wants to talk posh to elevate her status. One of Audrey Hepburn's most well known roles. All her screeching is very annoying and the ending is not convincing.
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MCT:June 25, 2008
Okay. Not as good as sound of music or anything. I hated the lead male. The ending bothered me. But certain parts were enjoyable. It was okay, kind of sexist though.
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MCT:June 17, 2008I know that this is supposed to be a classic, but I cannot stand this movie. I made it halfway through and finally turned it off when I couldn't take it anymore.
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MCT:June 15, 2008
This one has some of the best music in a musical. Don't just listen to the lyrics, listen to the music behind them. The music for 'You Did It' is crazy! And Rex Harrison kicks a**!
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MCT:June 12, 2008Audrey Hepburn uglies up for the first third, and makes like a swan for the rest of the film. How did she get passed up for a Best Actress nomination for this film? Was it because her singing was dubbed? That didn't stop the Academy from bestowing other nominations to actors like Peggy Wood who was dubbed in The Sound of Music. Was it the Julie Andrews controversy? It's quite possible. But Hepburn delivers one of her best performances, her best in my opinion, in a career that was full of them. Her thin off-beat glamour and beauty were used to prime effect for the scenes where Eliza Doolittle has to look prim and proper, but still have a cockney mouth. And songs, oh how wonderful are the songs? "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Without You," "Show Me," the list goes on and on. The three hour running time turns some people off, but I love all its Victorian glory!
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MCT:June 7, 2008
This is my top favorite movie. The music is WONDERFUL and the acting is superb. It really is a classic story that you will not want to miss out on.
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MCT:June 7, 2008
For me it's the best musical ever. Audrey is so lovely ( and beautiful ) , I think I saw almost all her movies. You should see 'Sabrina' too if you liked her in this movie...
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MCT:June 7, 2008
Probably my favorite musical ever!
Definitely not your conventional musical though. It really throws you for a loop when you watch it for the first time.
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MCT:June 2, 2008
The costumes are great. A poor uneducated girl meets a profssorof linguisics. Her accest is so bad he and his fiend bet that he can turn her into a lady.
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MCT:May 22, 2008
I love this movie, the costumes were excellent and the music was totally wonderful. I love good musicals and even when they are turned into stage plays first.
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MCT:May 18, 2008
Lovely Audrey Hepburn was a great pick for Eliza Doolittle's part but I will never forgive them for not getting Julie Andrews voice.
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MCT:May 17, 2008
my fav movie of all time!!!!!!!!!!!! its a GREAT movie!!!!!!!!!!and has a beautiful voice!!! I garente you`ll like it!!!!!!!!!!!
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