Review of Roman Holiday (1953) by Roger R — 19 Aug 2015
A princess runs away from her life and is rescued from danger by a handsome reporter. She has fun doing the the ordinary things denied to her by her position and of course, they fall in love. Sounds cheesy and predictable.
It is a truism of a good narrative text that the central character(s) undergo a change or transformation during the story. Audrey Hepburn can show us this transformation in a facial expression as only a handful of really great actors can.
Even the usually wooden but still handsome and charming Peck rises to the occasion. A remarkable film which I pray to God hollywood never attempts to remake. Of course it helps if you fall in love with Audrey too but you already knew that.
This review of Roman Holiday (1953) was written by Roger R on 19 Aug 2015.
Roman Holiday has generally received very positive reviews.
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