The Audrey Hepburn Story Reviews

Now that TV movie-makers have explored every possible angle on the Marilyn Monroe story, they have turned their attention to other actresses. Here, the unfortunate focus is Audrey Hepburn (film-makers, of course, rarely choose a subject who is still alive and able to complain). Buxom young star Jennifer Love Hewitt is fun and witty in films such as Heartbreakers, but she's neither gamine nor delicately classy enough to embody Hepburn, though she has a fair stab at the emotional points of the actress?s life. Told in flashback from the set of Breakfast at Tiffany's, the film follows Hepburn's experiences in wartime Holland and her early career. While the tribute is an honourable one, there isn?t enough drama to maintain interest until the end.

Now that TV movie-makers have explored every possible angle on the Marilyn Monroe story, they have turned their attention to other actresses. Here, the unfortunate focus is Audrey Hepburn (film-makers, of course, rarely choose a subject who is still alive and able to complain). Buxom young star Jennifer Love Hewitt is fun and witty in films such as Heartbreakers, but she's neither gamine nor delicately classy enough to embody Hepburn, though she has a fair stab at the emotional points of the actress?s life. Told in flashback from the set of Breakfast at Tiffany's, the film follows Hepburn's experiences in wartime Holland and her early career. While the tribute is an honourable one, there isn?t enough drama to maintain interest until the end.