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My Fair Lady (1964)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:34

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8/10

Consensus: Fans of the play may miss Julie Andrews in the starring role -- particularly when Marni Nixon's singing comes out of Audrey Hepburn's mouth -- but the film's charm is undeniable.

Runtime: 2 hrs 53 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: A priceless classic, MY FAIR LADY has become one of the most popular musicals of all time. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play PYGMALION, the film swept the Academy Awards. Cecil Beaton's... A priceless classic, MY FAIR LADY has become one of the most popular musicals of all time. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play PYGMALION, the film swept the Academy Awards. Cecil Beaton's lavish sets and costumes and Lerner and Loewe's winning score became the background for George Cukor's striking mix of styles that ranged from the fantastic to the abstract in his telling of the tale of a waif who's educated into being a lady. Egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins (Oscar-winning Rex Harrison) bets his friend, Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), that he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) in time for an important society ball. His gamble could pay off--but the spirited Eliza is more of a handful than the Professor could have predicted. As she slowly becomes more refined, and less reliant upon him, Higgins realizes, to his confusion, that he can't live without her. The film was nominated for 12 Oscars and won eight, including Best Picture and Director. [More]

Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway

Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Gladys Cooper, Henry Daniell, Isobel Elsom, Mona Washbourne, John McLiam, Walter Burke, Laurie Main, Maurice Dallimore, Marjorie Bennett, Dinah Anne Rogers, William Taylor, James Wood, John Holland, Barbara Pepper, Ben Wright, Grady Sutton, Colin Campbell, Betty Blythe, Alan Napier, Patrick O'Moore, Monika Henreid, John Mitchum

Director: George Cukor

Director: George Cukor
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Story: George Bernard Shaw
Composer: Frederick Loewe

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Well made musical, with more personal Cukor style and themes than is sometimes realized.

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08/08/08
Michael E. Grost
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04/28/08
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03/20/08
Cole Smithey
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A wonderfully stylish and witty movie classic.

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02/20/08
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An elegant musical with some top class tunes -- the last of a dying breed of big-buck productions.

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02/20/08
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A stunningly effective screen entertainment.

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02/20/08
Robert J. Landry
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No review available.

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03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
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One of Hollywood's best musicals.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/25/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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This remains one of [Hepburn] best-loved roles.

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12/13/06
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Lerner and Loewe's musical masterwork, reimagined for film by director George Cukor.

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12/13/06
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Audrey Hepburn's dramatic transformation makes My Fair Lady an entertaining musical experience.

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11/21/06
Wesley Lovell
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Superb rendering of stage musical with stellar cast and production.

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07/27/06
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Cukor's screen version is classy in the positive and negative sense of this term: Stylish and elegant but also bloated, overlong, and theatrical. Harrison is good but it doesn't help that Audrey Hepburn's singing is incongruously dubbed by Marni Nixon.

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07/23/06
Emanuel Levy
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Hepburn is clearly awkward as the Cockney Eliza in the first half, and in general the adaptation is a little too reverential to really come alive.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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12/26/04
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The last great musical of classical era. Marni Nixon is brilliant.

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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
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Greenwich Village Gazette

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
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The charisma of the leads, the gratifying (if poorly paced) story arc and the hummable tunes allow us to get past some of the film’s cinematic weaknesses.

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03/06/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

I'll take it over Oliver! and Gigi any day of the week.

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02/24/04
Matt Brunson
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transcends its conventions

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02/04/04
David Bezanson
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