Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:37
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: It contains some ugly anachronisms, but Blake Edwards is at his funniest in this iconic classic, and Audrey Hepburn absolutely lights up the screen.
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Blake Edwards's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly. The free-spirited gamine darts about New York, feted by wealthy men... [More]
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney
Director: Blake Edwards
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Reviews for Breakfast at Tiffany's
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 4/5 |
An undeniably romantic tale of damaged goods finding love. Full Review |
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 2.5/5 |
Whatever it is, I just don't see the pizzazz in Holly Golightly's life. Full Review |
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...the final scene, a tender sequence that you can sop up with a sponge, but if you aren't moved by it you probably stick kittens with pins. Full Review |
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When it comes to cinematic fashion and romance, perhaps none are more iconic than Blake Edwards' Breakfast at Tiffany's. Full Review |
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87/100 |
...a more ordinary movie than I remembered, with its clunky bits and a story that seems to betray authorial intent. Holly Golightly is not about the conventional American dream of domestic paradise; she is about the American perquisite of reinvention Full Review |
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7/10 |
...the movie remains one of Hollywood's most engaging and most popular romances. Full Review |
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83/100 |
It's like getting two movies for the price of one %u2013 light romantic comedy and a relatively effective human drama at the same time. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Enduringly enjoyable romantic comedy always worth a revisit. Tone and performances are delicately judged, and Hepburn is radiant throughout. Full Review |
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Out of the elusive, but curiously intoxicating Truman Capote fiction, scenarist George Axelrod has developed a surprisingly moving film, touched up into a stunningly visual motion picture. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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C |
Pleasantly chic but harmless Hollywood bauble. Full Review |
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This story of a party girl in love with a gigolo allows [director Blake] Edwards to create a very handsome film, with impeccable Technicolor photography by Franz Planer. Full Review |
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B |
Although the movie won Oscars for music and song ("Moon River") by Henry Mancini, "Breakfast At Tiffany's" has a dark underbelly and unlikable characters made attractive by their eccentric behavior and expensive wardrobes. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
I bet you thought I'd go from unpacking Hepburn's ying to examining George Peppard's ying-a-ling. Full Review |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's will live on as long as there are lovers to watch it. Full Review |
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Taken as a shallow fairytale it has a certain charm. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3.5/5 |
A completely unbelievable but wholly captivating flight into fancy composed of unequal dollops of comedy, romance, poignancy, funny colloquialisms and Manhattan's swankiest East Side areas captured in the loveliest of colors. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Not quite a classic, but a marvelous movie.
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