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This is never less than glittering entertainment, but somehow a certain measure of lead has found its way into the formula.
Script 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.
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.
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.
A semi-classic for the semi-literate.
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