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Love in the Afternoon (1957)

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Gary Cooper more or less repeats his international-roue characterization from 1938's Bluebeard's Eighth Wife for the 1957 romantic comedy Love in the Afternoon (both films were co-scripted by Billy Wilder, who also directed the latter picture). Audrey Hepburn co-stars as the daughter of Parisian private eye Maurice Chevalier. Investigating the amorous activities of Cooper, Chevalier relates what he's discovered to cuckolded husband John McGiver, who declares that he's going after Cooper with a

G, 2 hr. 6 min.

Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Billy Wilder

Written By: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1957 Limited

On DVD: Jan 8, 2002

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Love in the Afternoon Trailer & Photos

Cast

Gary Cooper
Frank Flannagan
Audrey Hepburn
Ariane Chavasse
Maurice Chevalier
Claude Chavasse
John McGiver
Monsieur X
Van Doude
Michel
Lisa Bourdin
Mme. X
Paul Bonifas
Commissioner of Police
Leila Croft
Swedish Twin
Filo
Flannagan's Chauffeur
Moustache
Butcher
Bernard Musson
Undertaker
Minerva Pious
Maid at the Ritz
Marcelle Praince
Rich Woman
Betty Schneider
Olga Val�ry
Lady Hotel Guest
Audrey Wilder
Brunette
Alexandre Trauner
Artist
Guy Delorme
Gigolo
Jacques Ary
Lover on Right Bank
Eve Marley
Charles Bouillaud
Valet at the Ritz
Valerie Croft
Swedish Twin
Gregoire Gromoff
Doorman at the Ritz
Charles Lemontier
Christian Lude
Lise Bourdin
Maurice Chavalier

Critic Reviews for Love in the Afternoon

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (3) | DVD (9)

The production holds enchantment and delight in substantial quantity.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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As Andrew Sarris says, not without its cruelties, but not without its beauties as well.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

It's the closest Wilder ever came to Ernst Lubitsch.

September 29, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

This film was produced by Mr. Wilder for Allied Artists -- in black-and-white. It is a hit.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Top Critic

a nigh interminable flick short on laughs and long on awful montages and self-satisfaction

June 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

It's not a great film, but it is an endearing one.

March 27, 2010 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

Though not as charming or touching as Sabrina, Wilder's 1957 romantic comedy teams Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn and serves as a good star vehicle for both.

December 14, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Love in the Afternoon had great locations going for it. It also had the winsome charm of Hepburn, the elfin puckishness of Chevalier, a literate script by Wilder and Diamond, and an airy feeling that wafted the audience along.

August 15, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

It was hard to get excited about such an overlong dreary tale, where Cooper was miscast and the champagne fizzles.

March 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

An over-long and only spasmodically amusing romantic comedy...

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

It's quite long, Hepburn sports one of her worst hairstyles, and Cooper and Hepburn's glaring age difference (28 years) is distracting, but this is a wonderful, charming romantic comedy nonetheless.

May 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Charming, romantic comedy with Coop and Audrey Hepburn.

June 12, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Wilder attempts to do Lubitsch with mixed but charming results.

January 27, 2003 Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

Ultra-chic Wilder.

December 1, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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The premise, that of a gamine and inexperienced French girl infatuated with an American playboy, to the point of enchanting him and foiling a murder attempt, was genius. Audrey Hepburn plays a darling cellist, the daughter of a detective (Chevalier) who comes across a chance to save the dashingly handsome Frank

October 14, 2010

Spencer S.

Super Reviewer

Wonderful romantic comedy with Audrey Hepburn as a lovestruck conservatory student who pretends to be just as much a cosompolitan love for millionaire American playboy.

February 12, 2007