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This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's visual consultant), who is sent .. Read more

Starring	Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Flemyng, Michel Auclair
Director	Stanley Donen
Genres	Music/Musical

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- Stylish, wistful musical with good numbers but drawn-out dialogue; finally a shade too sophisticated and a whole lot too fey.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  Funny Face
  
  Fashion magazine Quality is looking for a girl who can represent everything it stands for. Photographer Dick Avery (Astaire) thinks he has found her on a ... read more »
  
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  - 13 May 2007 at 11:33
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  Flat predictable musical!
  
  I hired this film through recommendation and really wish i hadn't! the cast alone should have brought a bit of spark to the film but apart from a few belly ... read more »
  
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- - Carsey
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  - Wisbech
  - 28 Sep 2009 at 11:55
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  Funny Face
  
  I loved everything about this film, the songs and the dancing.
  
  Astaire was a dancing genius. His toreador dance was tremendous, as was his dance ... read more »
  
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- - Miriam
  - Ealing, London
  - 19 Jul 2009 at 22:25
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  January and December - a blend of the Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty
  
  Audrey Hepburn is so much more attractive than any of iour current movie stars its a pleasure just watching her accomplish all the strange situations she has to... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 26 Sep 2008 at 09:35
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  Very good musical
  
  If you like musicals you'll certainly enjoy Funny Face. A lot of bright colours and dancing. Fred Astaire looks too old for Audrey Hepburn to be a romatic ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Aug 2008 at 13:42
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  annoyin
  
  this film really annoyed more even more than eliza dolittle in my fair lady !!! and thts sayin something lol i love me oldies and musicals but this just didnt ... read more »
  
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- - nikki28
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  - Whitby
  - 11 Jul 2008 at 13:53
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  Funny Face
  
  An Audrey Hepburn must see for all her fans
  
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  - Erskine
  - 04 Jul 2008 at 23:39
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  Funny Face
  
  Fashion magazine Quality is looking for a girl who can represent everything it stands for. Photographer Dick Avery (Astaire) thinks he has found her on a ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
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  - Tonbridge
  - 13 May 2007 at 11:33
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  Disappointing
  
  'Funny Face' was a real letdown. I love Audrey Hepburn, and her dancing in this was quite impressive, but Fred Astaire looks very ill and old, making ... read more »
  
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- - elmsyrup
  - South Glamorgan
  - 29 Oct 2005 at 19:16
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  Hepburn fans only
  
  Audrey Hepburn steals the show in a pedestrian holiday to Paris that is weighed down by some rather tiresome musical numbers. Frequently visually gorgeous ... read more »
  
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- - Claude
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  - 17 Nov 2004 at 08:54
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  A musical with a ...
  
  A musical with a proper story line. Not as much dancing as you'd expect from Fred Astaire but a very enjoyable film.
  
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  - ECCLES SALFORD
  - 11 Nov 2004 at 22:30
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  Funny Face
  
  Fashion magazine Quality is looking for a girl who can represent everything it stands for. Photographer Dick Avery (Astaire) thinks he has found her on a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 439475
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 13 May 2007 at 11:33
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  Disappointing
  
  'Funny Face' was a real letdown. I love Audrey Hepburn, and her dancing in this was quite impressive, but Fred Astaire looks very ill and old, making ... read more »
  
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- - elmsyrup
  - South Glamorgan
  - 29 Oct 2005 at 19:16
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  annoyin
  
  this film really annoyed more even more than eliza dolittle in my fair lady !!! and thts sayin something lol i love me oldies and musicals but this just didnt ... read more »
  
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- - nikki28
  - 48 reviews
  - Whitby
  - 11 Jul 2008 at 13:53
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  What a funny face
  
  This is a funny timeless movie. I am not sure you can describe Audrey Hepburns face as funny. Great Modern dancing scenes and a lot of old tap. A good ... read more »
  
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  - 04 Nov 2004 at 09:17
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  A musical with a ...
  
  A musical with a proper story line. Not as much dancing as you'd expect from Fred Astaire but a very enjoyable film.
  
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  - ECCLES SALFORD
  - 11 Nov 2004 at 22:30
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  a classic
  
  I challenge anyone to find me a poor Hepburn movie, although the dancing fool (Astaire) does neither anything for me or the movie and could have been played by ... read more »
  
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- - willhay
  - Leeds
  - 24 Oct 2003 at 15:46
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  Funny Face
  
  An Audrey Hepburn must see for all her fans
  
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  - Erskine
  - 04 Jul 2008 at 23:39
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  Very good musical
  
  If you like musicals you'll certainly enjoy Funny Face. A lot of bright colours and dancing. Fred Astaire looks too old for Audrey Hepburn to be a romatic ... read more »
  
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- 613127
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  - London
  - 13 Aug 2008 at 13:42
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  January and December - a blend of the Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty
  
  Audrey Hepburn is so much more attractive than any of iour current movie stars its a pleasure just watching her accomplish all the strange situations she has to... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - London
  - 26 Sep 2008 at 09:35
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  Funny Face
  
  I loved everything about this film, the songs and the dancing.
  
  Astaire was a dancing genius. His toreador dance was tremendous, as was his dance ... read more »
  
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- 786352
- - Miriam
  - Ealing, London
  - 19 Jul 2009 at 22:25

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Critics' reviews
- Stylish, wistful musical with good numbers but drawn-out dialogue; finally a shade too sophisticated and a whole lot too fey.
- 31064
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- The musical that dares to rhyme Sartre with Montmartre, Funny Face - surprisingly from Paramount rather than MGM -... read more on Time Out
- 44262
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14

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  This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's ...