Sabrina (1954)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 3
With its humorous script and its stars' immense charm, Sabrina remains a resonant romantic gem.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
With its humorous script and its stars' immense charm, Sabrina remains a resonant romantic gem.
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Billy Wilder directs the lighthearted romantic comedy Sabrina, based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor. Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the simple, naïve daughter of a chauffeur, Thomas Fairchild (John Williams). They live on an estate with the wealthy Oliver Larrabee (Walter Hampden) and his two sons: workaholic older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) and fun-loving younger brother David (William Holden). Sabrina adores the charming David, but he thinks of her as just a kid. Her father sends
Sep 9, 1954 Wide
Apr 10, 2001
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Humphrey Bogart
Linus Larrabee -
Audrey Hepburn
Sabrina Fairchild -
William Holden
David Larrabee -
Walter Hampden
Oliver Larrabee -
John Williams (II)
Thomas Fairchild -
Francis X. Bushman
Mr. Tyson -
Martha Hyer
Elizabeth Tyson -
Joan Vohs
Gretchen Van Horn -
Marcel Dalio
Baron -
Marcel Hillaire
The Professor -
Nella Walker
Maude Larrabee -
Ellen Corby
Miss McCardle -
Marjorie Bennett
Margaret cook -
Harvey B. Dunn
Man with Tray -
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Charles Harvey
Spiller -
Paul Harvey
Doctor -
Nancy Kulp
Jenny maid -
Kay E. Kuter
Houseman -
Bill Neff
Man with Linus -
Emory Parnell
Charles butler -
Kay Riehl
Mrs. Tyson -
Marion Ross
Spiller's Girl Friend -
Emmett Vogan
Board Member -
Colin Campbell
Board Member -
David Ahdar
Ship Steward -
Otto Forrest
Elevator Operator
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (3) | DVD (10)
This is never less than glittering entertainment, but somehow a certain measure of lead has found its way into the formula.
Top CriticScript is long on glibly quipping dialog, dropped with a seemingly casual air, and broadly played situations. The splendid trouping delivers them style. Leavening the chuckles are tugs at the heart.
Wilder's tastelessness now seems his major artistic strength.
It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its head, a satire about breaking down class and emotional barriers, and a confrontation between New World callousness and Old World humanity.
Hampered by an unimaginative script ... nevertheless manages to be a thoroughly charming, delightfully romantic variation of the Cinderella story.
It is a story as light as a feather and as old as yesterday's news, as transparent as a society column item and as smug as a foreign-made car. But Mr. Wilder...has made it into a commentary as crisp as a screed in a smart magazine.
A charming reworking of the classic Cinderella story, Billy Wilder's Sabrina featurs a terrific cast, headed by William Holden, Humphrey Bogart (in a comedy role!), and best of all Audrey Hepburn.
Sabrina, much like its characters, follows conventions rather than challenges them.
it's odd that Wilder's script lacks a sharpness to balance all the love that's in the air
Sure, it takes a familiar road, but there's certainly enough bubbling under the surface to keep the heart of the film relevant and appealing more than a half-century later.
The 'centennial collection' version of Sabrina on DVD was one of three titles released to mark the 100th anniversary of Paramount Pictures.
If you can buy into the fantasy romance and humor, the film is rewarding and then some. (Centennial Collection)
...a classy fairy tale, with plenty of sparkle amid the occasional fizz.
A perfect Audrey Hepburn vehicle.
... the results were satisfying, as Bogart played drawing-room comedy with aplomb.
Bogey and Hepburn - classic.
Just as much chilling as it's witty.
A semi-classic for the semi-literate.
Audience Reviews for Sabrina
Super Reviewer
Despite never really having got the whole fuss over Audrey Hepburn, I could really see it here. She is completely charming as Sabrina and attractive too. This from someone who can't sit through Breakfast at Tiffany's.
This is a lovely, light romantic movie about a chauffeur's daughter who is in love with the rich boy next door. He doesn't know she exists until she returns from school in France, all grown up and newly sophisticated. As she gets to know him and his brother it seems she has two admirers.
I found this easy to watch and undemanding. Far from ditching it, I think I will watch it again sometime!
Super Reviewer
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- Sabrina Fairchild: Oh but Paris isn't for changing planes, it's for changing your outlook!
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- Sabrina Fairchild: All night long I've had the most terrible impulse to do something.
- Linus Larrabee: Oh never resist an impulse, Sabrina. Especially if it's terrible.
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- David Larrabee: Oh Sabrina, Sabrina, where have you been all my life?
- Sabrina Fairchild: Right over the garage.
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- Sabrina Fairchild: The moon's reaching for me.
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- Sabrina Fairchild: I hate girls that giggle all the time.
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- The Professor: Bonjour, mesdames et monsiuers. Yesterday we have learned the correct way how to boil water. Today we will learn the correct way how to crack an egg. Voilà ! An egg. Now, an egg is not a stone; it is not made of wood, it is a living thing. It has a heart. So when we crack it, we must not torment it. We must be merciful and execute it quickly, like with the guillotine.
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