Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Jenna Walter
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Kamila Bell
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
HotToastyRag
Hooray, it's another Wait Until Dark! Audrey Hepburn stars in another thriller, where three men are out to get her, and she has to unsuspectingly save herself and her fortune. This one isn't as good, though, but if you like to see an older Audrey defending herself, you can put the kids to bed and watch this one. A recurrent side plot of the film is the dirty business-no pun intended-of making snuff films. If you don't know what those are, don't research them and don't rent this movie.Audrey's mogul dad dies at the start of the movie, and she finds herself a target because of her stock in the corporation. Ben Gazzara, James Mason, and Omar Sharif all stand to gain if she relinquishes her inheritance. Which one is behind the threats? Well, with two veteran villains among the suspects, it's a toss-up between Ben and James, so you'll be on the edge of your seat until the end.Omar Sharif serves at the much-needed comic relief, believe it or not, and his scenes were my favorites in the movie. He has three daughters with his wife, and three sons with his mistress, and while he juggles both families, his mistress constantly threatens to expose his second to his first. Unless you like seeing how everyone aged, though, you might want to just rent movies where they're younger. The few funny scenes Omar has doesn't really make the entire movie worth it.Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to nudity, violence, and graphic sex scenes, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.
JasparLamarCrabb
Surely this has to rank as one of the most ill-conceived, poorly made films in Paramount Pictures' history. Audrey Hepburn inherits control of a pharmaceutical company after her father dies and the firm's board members (her cousins) close in and try to convince her to go public, thus making them all rich. When that fails, one of them tries to kill her. Unless Hepburn's family is some sort of creepy version of the UN General Assembly, this is a very oddly cast group of characters...James Mason (British) is married to degenerate gambler Michelle Phillips (American), Omar Sharif (Egyptian, playing an Italian) has a wife and mistress as well as two sets of children. Irene Papas (Greek) plays his wife. Romy Schneider (Austrian) is the jet-setting race car driving cousin married to failed businessman Maurice Ronet (French). They all have various fetishes with one even into snuff porn films. The acting is pretty bad, with Mason really debasing himself. Phillips' role seems to have been left largely on the cutting room floor and Sharif appears to be playing the film for laughs. Ben Gazzara plays Hepburn's husband/business partner and he emerges unscathed. Hepburn is given a minimal amount of inane dialog, but the poor editing makes some of her scenes seem really silly. Despite having DR. NO and FROM Russia WITH LOVE to his credit, the director Terence Young proved to be a very bad filmmaker. Was he putting this junk together with his eyes closed? The kinky music score by Ennio Morricone is fun however completely out of place.
Kieran Green
Sidney Sheldon's 'Bloodline' is an unmitigated turkey with a cast including the late beloved Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara James Mason, Omar Sharif Irene Pappas and Gert(Goldfinger) Frobe, with a cast like this you would think you would be watching a top notch international classic, sadly this is not to be.The film has Audrey Hepburn who is the daugbter of a wealthy pharmaceuticals magnate who is mysteriously murdered, Hepburn then becomes heir to the family's fortune with all of her estranged siblings who try to get a piece of the family fortune. the plot sounds good well not really you are reasonably entertained for ninety minutes. 'Bloodline' is a mess most notably thanks to Omar Sharifs rather inept performance as a playboy who has a string of sons and daughters this stupid subplot seems edited from another film, Poor Audrey Hepburn has little to do but look terrified and at the same time look really stunning in her collective fashions from Givenchy. all in all if your looking for a time waster please feel free to watch the newly released DVD with no extra's whatsover the DVD back cover clearly has a scene not included it is that of a wedding scene with Mason and Hepburn.
theblairs
I enjoyed this movie! Any time Audrey Hepburn graced the screen was an occasion and for her to be paired with Ben Gazzara made this movie extra special for me. The story is interesting; the scenery is beautiful; a delightful romance develops; and who could forget Omar Shariff's shenanigans with his wife, his daughters and his mistresses? I do not wish that every single copy would disappear - I wish that they would put it on DVD. In fact, I have an excellent copy on VHS that I taped from TV. I have tried to copy it on my DVD recorder but they marked it so that it cannot be copied. I don't understand this practice but that has nothing to do with this movie! Sidney Sheldon is an excellent storyteller - and this one is no exception. As pointed out by another reviewer here, there may be cinematic flaws and shortcuts in this film - I did not notice them. I was much too engrossed in the story.