Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Robert W. Anderson I'm not sure there were many women who could have pulled off this film in such an amazing fashion (sorry for the pun). This was more a celebration of Audry, then anything else. And she was somehow simple and radiant at the same time. The story is familiar. The simple shop girl is discovered by simple happenstance. At first, she resists. And then she dives in, head first. But there's also the May - December story line between Fred Astaire and Audry. But, just looking at Audry in all the different settings and costumes is worth the price of admission. Of course with Fred Astaire, there are several dance numbers and songs. And they are a cheerful addition. But it all still comes down to Audry. And this is a great film for serious Audry fans. We get to see so many different images of Audry. The first costume we see her in after losing her bookstore duds, combined with her natural beauty. Is jaw-dropping. While watching this film of this amazing woman. It should be remembered that in spite of her natural attributes. She was carrying and unaffected human being. Her work with UNICEF. The work she did for that agency saved many lives. She genuinely cared for the people she was trying to help.

Valentin Alexiss This is a dreadful mix of a few good things at the start... and lot of bad things, mostly unprofessional dancing and music... It's starts with a serious critical eye, kind of inside look on a girl magazine military like management... and forgets this interesting subject for a young girl that has to love pink and an old man (Fred Aster) who looks like a hobby photographer... and clearly, that's where the project looses its credibility... From time to time, u can admire some good cinema skills (the Paris arrival) but, then the thing goes mad.It's unbelievable serious people put money in this project. But, as u think it was even selected at 1958 Cannes festival, u get that these irresponsible people were certainly important too, as important and respectful as a wealthy American film producer can be(at that time).This is a bad, disloyal film that completely misses it's goal. I could not go without zapping this thing through all its second part and more. Too bad for Audrey Hepburn...

Python Hyena Funny Face (1957): Dir: Stanley Donen / Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng: Free spirited musical celebrating expression but from two angles. First there is the fashion magazine that reduces everything to pink yet the editor herself refuses to wear it. It is the two-faced side of expression whereas the bookkeeper, played by Audrey Hepburn represents genuine innocence. She is reluctantly flown to Paris where she basks herself in the shallow with only a photographer, played by Fred Astaire to shed any real joy. Director Stanley Donen uses dazzling colours to highlight the freedom of Paris but this is not the masterpiece that his Singin' in the Rain is. The dance numbers are flashy and inviting but the film is overrated, particularly from a narrative perspective. Hepburn brings out the innocence and longing for what is true and good. Fred Astaire plays a photographer inspired by her nature but his scenes falter due to musical numbers that are often long drawn and pointless. It also doesn't help matters that the concluding romance is corny and absurd. To elevate supporting roles Kay Thompson steals scenes as fashion editor with witty dialogue. Michel Auclair plays a professor of philosophy whom Hepburn will see in a totally different light. Theme regards the phoniness of the profession and the ordinary qualities missed behind the lens. Score: 6 ½ / 10

secondtake Funny Face (1957)I was prepared to love this movie and it let me down even though it has two fabulous leads, the classic musical dance man Fred Astaire and the new star Audrey Hepburn. It even has its photography based on the work of Richard Avedon, and Astaire's character is based on him in his fashion work. I enjoyed it, but it depends too much on common formulas, which I normally don't mind, and it lacks cohesion, flow, and what you might just call magic.That it's partly shot in New York and then Paris (a famously rainy Paris during the shoot) you would think you could hardly go wrong. And in a way it doesn't go wrong overall. But the plot lacks energy, the romantic chemistry is missing (the two are really more like father and daughter), and the series of dance numbers is choppy and uneven. Because of all this, each song goes on too long and you itch for the next scene, and then that scene merely takes us back to the weak plot.If you focus on these weaknesses the movie starts to look almost terrible. Hepburn's transformation from a tweedy intellectual in a bookshop in Manhattan to the premiere runway in Paris sounds like dream come true stuff, but it isn't really convincing (or surprising, of course). The French counter-culture intellectual scene is fun idea but it doesn't push it very far, and the leading voice is played by an actor with no presence at all. Hepburn's interactions in this whole world are forced. Even the opening twenty minutes, which sets the tone, is rough sledding before out two leading actors appear.But focus on the strengths and there are some great moments. Like the series of photo shoots, one after another quickly spreading across the highlights of the city, is fun and stylish. A few of the dance numbers, though short of classic, are great fun, like the modern one in the French smokey bar and the one in the darkroom with the safelights on. In both of these, again, director Stanley Donen (a consummate pro at this stuff) let things drag on just a minute too long, which is a long time in a fast moving movie like this.Then there is Fred Astaire, at ease and warm and really wonderful. He doesn't get a chance to quite blow the doors off any of the dances, but he's still a joy to watch, dancing or just being his warm self. (He was initially a reluctant actor at this point in his life, but was still very active. For a sense of his truer self, perhaps, behind the scenes, see "On the Beach" two years later.)Then there is Audrey Hepburn, by now a stellar and unique star trying to spread her wings into musicals (this was her first). She, as usual in her career, rose above her part and like Astaire was "herself" with such charm she keeps even weaker scenes going. When she's in them, which luckily she is in most of them by the second half. Hepburn also comes across as a superb model (appropriately thin, but not especially tall), and Avedon's photographs of her taken in conjunction with filming are iconic. They get incorporated into the movie directly, both in the scenes where Astaire creates some photos in his role, and in some of the cinematography which imitates Avedon's style (white backdrops, modern styling). In the end it's a great seeming movie with such huge flaws it's just another musical. But that's not fair, quite, so think of it as an up and down ride with some very very fine high points which make it worth watching.