Love in the Afternoon (1957)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 18 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis: Another May-December romantic comedy from Wilder starring Audrey Hepburn, this one pairs her with Gary Cooper in the City of Lights. Ariane Chavasse (Hepburn) is the daughter of a private detective (Maurice Chevalier), who has been hired by Mr. X, (John McGiver), a suspicious husband, to... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver
Director: Billy Wilder
Screenwriter: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Composer: Franz Waxman
Producer: Billy Wilder
Screenwriter: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Composer: Franz Waxman
Producer: Billy Wilder
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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.
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08/15/07
As Andrew Sarris says, not without its cruelties, but not without its beauties as well.
08/15/07
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It was hard to get excited about such an overlong dreary tale, where Cooper was miscast and the champagne fizzles.
03/18/07
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.
05/13/06
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Generally regarded as a classic, probably by people who haven't sat through it.
08/22/02
Hepburn’s performance represents precisely why the Hollywood studio system lasted as long as it did.
05/11/02
This film was produced by Mr. Wilder for Allied Artists -- in black-and-white. It is a hit.
01/01/00
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