Memorable, crazy movie

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Even though I like both Hepburn and Peck I've always kind of resisted seeing this movie for some reason. It was showing at Film Forum here in NYC the other day and I figured it was time that I checked it out. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think all of the performances are good, not just Hepburn. Peck and Albert were both good and I think the Albert character was funny and provided an essential element to the success of this film. The only part of the film that does not work are the end scenes where the Hepburn character is publicly shared/introduced as a real princess. Royalty was viewed and revered differently when this film was originally released, but today those scenes feel stilted. Otherwise this is a light, carefree, and fun film.

Audrey Hepburn's Princess Ann, with her naïve sense of fun, was duly rewarded with an Academy Award but it was her first awakened smile toward Gregory Peck's hack, Joe Bradley, in his apartment charmed the world in an instant. A star was born. Lissom beauty was matched equally by Peck's quintessentially tall, dark, and handsome, and graceful performance. It is quite simply one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time.

Audrey Hepburn burst onto the movie scene with this film, her first role. She plays an English Princess traveling in Rome who is bored with her official duties and the tight schedule she's on. One night after getting a tranquilizer to calm her from the stress of it all, she sneaks away into the streets of Rome. She's found by a newspaperman played by Gregory Peck, who takes her to his place to sleep it off. When he finds out who she really is, he realizes he's on top of a gold mine of a story, and enlists his photographer friend (Eddie Albert) to get candid shots of the two while they sightsee. Hepburn and Peck are such an attractive couple, and director William Wyler gets lots of beautiful shots of Rome, including the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Castel Sant'Angelo, and of course the classic scene they have at the Bocca della Verità. It all makes for a very romantic film. Hepburn played her part perfectly, expressing frustration and joy with such economy, as well as the restraint that comes from being a royal. Among several others, the scene with her getting her hair cut short is captivating, and it's no wonder that she won an Oscar for her performance. Peck's performance is also excellent, and Eddie Albert pulls off the part of a young rogue quite well despite being 47 at the time. I won't spoil the ending, except to say it's touching and poignant, and so perfectly shot in the Palazzo Colonna. At the end of the day this is 'just a romantic comedy', with its share of silliness, but it's so mature and magical, and with these stars in this setting, it stands head and shoulders above so many others.

It's one of the most enjoyable movies I ever watched . when I watched for the first time as a teen it lighted in my mind in all its details, even when I watched it after twenty it like I just watched yesterday. It's one of the most romantic films in the history of cinema and met with unprecedented success on it's debut , when the American audience saw the princes of hearts for the first time "Audrey Hepburn, which succeeded in that capture the hearts of viewers in this film, and won the Oscar for best actress.The story of the film briefly about a little European princess traveling tour of duty in Europe and suffers from a formal interview and protocol rules pressures during her visit to Rome , so she ran away from her residence and met with a press corresponds which she spent a whole day with him around the city of Rome, Performance of Romance, Comedy stunning Audrey Hepburn in this film to make anyone who has watched the film fascinated with it to the point of obsession, especially since Hepburn, which resulted in the role of Princess brilliantly belong to the ownership of the assets already make a donation in their role, as well as scenes of the city of Rome Fine Living, which wandered on Vespa (motorcycle) some even say that anyone who has watched the film spent nights dreaming Hepburn and half of them also dream of riding the Vespa.memory don't forget this movie easily, does not mean never forget the memory and includes a scene of the end of the end of the most beautiful sights to be seen in the film.You are a lover of classic movies, bear watching a movie is not in color, you are a romantic, a dreamer, loves to travel, believe in love in 24 hours, this movie is definitely for you.