The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000

Biography / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 2745 2.7K

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Plot summary

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where she succeeds in making it big as a movie actress, in such movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's.


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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 23skidoo-4 3 / 10

A great disappointment.

My comments are based on the video release of this film. I only just learned through the IMDb that a three-hour and even a four-hour version of this film exists, so some of my criticisms may not apply to those longer edits. There may be some spoilers, but since the film more-or-less follows Audrey's well-known life, there's little surprise to ruin.

Based on negative reviews I had read of Jennifer Hewitt's performance, I decided to reserve judgement on this movie until i actually watched it. For one thing, I knew any project attempting to cover the life of such a beloved star is doomed to failure based on impossibly high expectations. That's why we haven't seen a Cary Grant or Ingrid Bergman movie and only recently did Judy Garland's story make it to the screen.

The Audrey Hepburn Story could have been so much better, even with JLH in the lead. There were so many opportunities for dramatic payoffs that were ignored. In the 134-minute edit, Audrey is shown moaning about her dancing and singing ability -- yet the production of Funny Face is IGNORED, even though it would have been a perfect payoff to these worries (since the producers end the show at Breakfast at Tiffany's and ignore My Fair Lady). Also ignored is the animosity towards her on the set of Sabrina by the worst Bogart impersonator ever to appear on film. This would have been a nice preamble to Audrey's later attempts to woo Truman Capote, but it doesn't happen. There are a couple of throwaway lines, but there could have been some real tension shown between Audrey and Bogie, but they didn't bother.

I was also not impressed at some of the sloppiness and factual errors. Audrey is shown playing a succession of cigarette girls in her early films when in fact she only played ONE. They also show Roman Holiday being filmed in what appears to be a Hollywood studio when everyone knows it was shot on location in Rome. And they have Audrey's miscarriage happening immediately after her accident on the set of The Unforgiven when it happened months later -- while her earlier miscarriage during War and Peace seems to be ignored completely.

Jennifer Love Hewitt's performance is variable. In the opening few minutes she DOES do a good job of imitating Audrey. Her look and her voice work really well and she gets to deliver some good lines. BUT ... it's not enough to sustain an entire movie.

I was much more impressed with the young actress who played teenage Audrey. They should have waited a few years and hired HER for the main role.

Frances Fisher was OK as Audrey's mom, though she came across as playing a variation of Kate Winslet's mom from Titanic. Kier (2001) Dullea is good as Audrey's dad, but the way this subplot is approached is all wrong and completely different from reality. (Spoiler alert): in this movie, Audrey leaves her father saddened and estranged, but in real life she maintained close ties with her dad until he died.

To sum up: The movie misses a lot of opportunities, makes sloppy factual errors, and relies too heavily on an actress who is not right for the role (but then I don't think anyone would be considered good enough). On the good side, the Breakfast at Tiffany's recreations work well (though "Blake Edwards" looks like he's fresh out of high school and the Capote imitator is hilarious), and there are a few other moments where the film ALMOST works. But it's not enough. It's not a good sign when the 10 seconds of REAL footage of Audrey Hepburn seen at the end outshines the previous 133 minutes.

Here's hoping someone -- like Sir Richard Attenborough -- someday tries again to give Audrey's story justice.

Reviewed by Vogue189 1 / 10

Audrey deserved much better

I have been an Audrey Hepburn fan, for as long as I could remember, and was dying to see this biopic actually. I wasn't going to judge it right away, but after seeing it twice, it turned out to be the worst biopic I've ever seen in my life. Jennifer Love Hewitt, not to bad-mouth her, but just did not fit the part at all. She lacks the looks, the poise and the maturity to portray such a film legend. For those who disagree, just rent some Audrey movies-(Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, The Nun's Story) and compare. Also the biopic only shows half of Audrey Hepburn's life. It starts off with JLH (Audrey) making Breakfast at Tiffany's, then through a series of flashbacks she recalls some event's of Audrey's life. So half the time JLH is staring dreamily into space in those big dark sunglasses. Emmy was terrific as young Audrey during the Nazi occupation, which made me stuck around, but afterwards it became just awful. They got the facts all wrong about Audrey as well. Her Oscar speech, her meeting with Givenchy, were incorrect. The supporting cast were not much help either.Please before you see this biopic, (if you dare too) look at some of Audrey's websites, watch her movies, read a good biography on her (Audrey Adieu is good) Don't rely on this TV biopic to give you all the facts on her. She was a talented, beautiful, elegant and compassionate woman who deserved much better than this biopic.

Reviewed by tcorrell-69070 7 / 10

Far From A Masterpiece, But Also Far From The Disaster It's Unfairly Made Out To Be

No actress, regardless of how bad or good they are or if they're neutral, would have done a better than adequate job of playing Audrey Hepburn. She was simply too unique, for better as much as for worse, for anybody to portray her better than adequately.

Honestly, Jennifer Love Hewitt (who was 19 during filming) did no better and no worse than any other actress would've done portraying Audrey Hepburn (who Jennifer portrayed from 17 years of age and older). She did as adequate a job as Sarah Hyland (who portrayed eight year of age Audrey Hepburn) and Emmy Rossum (who portrayed 12 to 16 year of age Audrey Hepburn). Sarah Hyland was eight during filming and Emmy Rossum was 12.

But poor Jennifer is the one who got such flack for it. Sarah and Emmy were basically unacknowledged for it, probably because Sarah was eight and Emmy was 12.

The movie basically covers many aspects of Audrey Hepburn's life from late 1937 at age eight until her untimely death from cancer in early 1993 before she would've been 64. I won't go through the laundry list of them. Just watch to find out what they are as I don't want to spoil the movie for Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Hyland and Emmy Rossum fans who watch the movie (they're the only ones who should watch it anyway).

Recommended only to Audrey Hepburn fans who are also fans of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Hyland and Emmy Rossum. The Audrey Hepburn Story was filmed in late 1998.

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