Almost a dislike. Both the male characters are complete jerk offs, one is a child in an adult body, the second is a grandfather, both attempting to gain the affection of a 22 year old woman. But of course, they are rich, so it makes sense. Probably one of the most outdated films I have ever seen. Unbeilable that this was directed by Billy Wilder. Also makes no sense that such a beautiful women throughout 22 years haven't been courted by any of those jerk offs that would visit that castle, if not as a wife, then as a lover. But if anyone feels they are not good enough, take a trip to Paris and you will become reborn like Hepburn.
Sabrina's place in movie history is that it helped make Audrey Hepburn a fashion icon. As a romance, I'm less engaged, either with the classist notion that lower classes should dream of marrying into the upper classes, or with Hepburn's only two choices being so poor in everything but money. Sabrina can be with William Holden, who carries on with her but is engaged to another woman, or with Humphrey Bogart, a mercenary pragmatist who mostly doesn't want his brother to screw up a marriage-dependent merger, but ends up falling in love with her (and I guess that's good enough for her). No one age-appropriate in sight. Billy Wilder might have had something to gain from pushing the comedy more, in this case. There are some fun bits - the cooking school, Walter Hampden's shtick as the elderly patriarch, and so on - but more might have helped justify the ridiculousness of the love triangle and how it resolves. He said, from the 21st-Century.
I'm a sucker for good screen chemistry and many of the characters have it in spades. Bogart might be an aging actor but due to his immense talent he is able to convince you that he and Hepburn can be a good match. The dialogue really stands out in this film. So many great lines and moments that make you laugh out loud. Excellent writing here.
This movie wants to have its cake and eat it too. I enjoyed it as an exploration of how cynical and/or bound to tradition every character is, but the ending doesn't ring true.
Bogey is the sole character with an arc here, and I enjoyed it, but the way the movie treats Hepburn's character doesn't make me feel that she deserves him.
That's why this is probably the worst Wilder film I have seen. Not that any of them are bad, but this could have been a great movie. And that speech about democracy the driver has is just annoyingly ham-fisted.
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Almost a dislike. Both the male characters are complete jerk offs, one is a child in an adult body, the second is a grandfather, both attempting to gain the affection of a 22 year old woman. But of course, they are rich, so it makes sense. Probably one of the most outdated films I have ever seen. Unbeilable that this was directed by Billy Wilder. Also makes no sense that such a beautiful women throughout 22 years haven't been courted by any of those jerk offs that would visit that castle, if not as a wife, then as a lover. But if anyone feels they are not good enough, take a trip to Paris and you will become reborn like Hepburn.Emiam
7/10Viaplay. Classic. Better than the newer version from 1995!
Matt Addis
intro feels very much like a wes anderson filmSiskoid
Sabrina's place in movie history is that it helped make Audrey Hepburn a fashion icon. As a romance, I'm less engaged, either with the classist notion that lower classes should dream of marrying into the upper classes, or with Hepburn's only two choices being so poor in everything but money. Sabrina can be with William Holden, who carries on with her but is engaged to another woman, or with Humphrey Bogart, a mercenary pragmatist who mostly doesn't want his brother to screw up a marriage-dependent merger, but ends up falling in love with her (and I guess that's good enough for her). No one age-appropriate in sight. Billy Wilder might have had something to gain from pushing the comedy more, in this case. There are some fun bits - the cooking school, Walter Hampden's shtick as the elderly patriarch, and so on - but more might have helped justify the ridiculousness of the love triangle and how it resolves. He said, from the 21st-Century.DisneyStitch
I'm a sucker for good screen chemistry and many of the characters have it in spades. Bogart might be an aging actor but due to his immense talent he is able to convince you that he and Hepburn can be a good match. The dialogue really stands out in this film. So many great lines and moments that make you laugh out loud. Excellent writing here.kzer_za
Decent, but the worst Wilder movie I've seen.StigAnder
This movie wants to have its cake and eat it too. I enjoyed it as an exploration of how cynical and/or bound to tradition every character is, but the ending doesn't ring true.That's why this is probably the worst Wilder film I have seen. Not that any of them are bad, but this could have been a great movie. And that speech about democracy the driver has is just annoyingly ham-fisted.
pitn
Dieguito, Katherine and Audrey Hepburn are not mother and daughter, they are not related. In fact, as far as I know Katherine Hepburn had no children.Dieguito
Impossible not to fall for Audrey!! Bogart u playa, mother in African Queen and daughter in Sabrina heheSuzanne
Audrey is glowing.contrafugal
Ooh, it's fun to watch rich people be naughty!Bette
One, two, three, CRACK!!! New egg.imLeaMarie
Love it! Audrey shines in it. Humphrey is lovely, quite unexpecter role. HATE the remake of this.Yaosela
yes, we have no bananas today!