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Sabrina (1995)

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Reviews Counted:43

Fresh:26

Rotten:17

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs this whimsical remake of the 1954 romantic comedy by Billy Wilder. Greg Kinnear and Harrison Ford deftly portray the two wealthy Larrabee brothers, who end up fighting over... Sydney Pollack directs this whimsical remake of the 1954 romantic comedy by Billy Wilder. Greg Kinnear and Harrison Ford deftly portray the two wealthy Larrabee brothers, who end up fighting over the affections of their chauffeur's daughter. When Sabrina (Julia Ormond) originally attempts to win over David Larrabee (Greg Kinnear), the younger of the two brothers, and the notorious playboy whom her father works for, he barely even knows she's alive. To help get her mind off David, Sabrina's dad sends her on a trip to Paris, where she trains to become a fashion photographer. In Europe, the mousy young girl blossoms into a beautiful woman before returning to the Larrabee estate on Long Island. At first David doesn't recognize the altered Sabrina. Once he does, however, he falls hard, which jeopardizes his impending marriage to Elizabeth, a wealthy doctor. This turn of events greatly concerns his older, more serious brother, Linus (Harrison Ford), who's counting on the marriage to cement a merger between his company and a business owned by Elizabeth's rich father. So Linus decides to woo Sabrina, hoping she'll fall for him and forget his brother. However, the scheme backfires when Linus himself begins to find the charming Sabrina irresistible. [More]

Starring: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand

Starring: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, John Wood, Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna

Director: Sydney Pollack

Director: Sydney Pollack
Composer: John Williams

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We remain outside the fourth wall looking in but are never drawn in; bemused perhaps, even agreeably complaisant, but never entirely amused.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
02/03/09
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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This new Sabrina is more fizzle than fizz.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/03/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Sydney Pollack directs with the sort of polish that was easy to take for granted two decades ago but almost looked like classicism in 1995.

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02/03/09
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Ugly-duckling-into-swan stories are fun, but the lead characters here lack the charisma to make this romantic comedy sufficiently believable or engaging.

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10/18/08
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

Ormand and Ford, who are actually okay, have the impossible tasks of following Wilder's perfect players, Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
10/18/08
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

Not, as some reviewers claimed, a mediocre reworking of a Hollywood classic, but a truly lousy reworking of a Billy Wilder misfire.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/27/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A flaccid remake of the classic 1954 romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/27/08
Channel 4 Film

It's hard to imagine any actress today reprising Audrey Hepburn's graceful charm, but British newcomer Julia Ormond is a particularly bad choice and Harrison Ford ain't Bogey, either. Add the film to long list of unnecessary remakes.

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09/18/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Ormond's face is certainly not hard to gaze at, but she looks so often ill at ease that her 'confident' gay smiles suggest, inappropriately, some masked pyschological distress.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

A lovely, underrated update...

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
Film Threat

See the original.

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05/07/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Pleasing remake with a strong cast and a classy script

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03/11/05
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Retains all the wit and charm that made the original such a winner.

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08/07/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

watchable but clunky

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07/11/04
Rich Cline
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04/27/04
Mike McGranaghan
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Aisle Seat

Not quite up to the original.

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01/02/04
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Not a bad remake.

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12/01/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Blossoming into radiant color, this film has picture-postcard charms that the black-and-white earlier version could only hint at.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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04/25/03
Dan Fazio
Dan Fazio
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