Funny Face

1957 "'S Wonderful! 'S Marvelous!"
7| 1h43m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 13 February 1957 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

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Comedy, Music, Romance

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Director

Stanley Donen

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Paramount

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Funny Face Audience Reviews

ThiefHott Too much of everything
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Matt Greene "Funny Face" is pure cotton candy; colorful and sweet, but with such little substance, it disappears almost as quickly as it appears. Nonetheless, who doesn't love cotton candy? Nazis. That's who. It's so delightfully buoyant and colorfully entertaining, I don't even care that they are incessantly trying to convince us that Audrey Hepburn isn't gorgeous.
grantss I am a fan of Audrey Hepburn, but generally hate musicals (though there are a few exceptions - The Sound of Music, Across the Universe, amongst others), so this was always going to be interesting. Turns out even Audrey Hepburn can't overcome a lame plot, dull music, unimaginative direction and a unconvincing and wooden leading actor. More than boring, this film is irritating. The campy pretentiousness of the setting, the irritating fashion people, the songs which hardly have a tune. It all just seems so contrived and lame.Worst of all, Audrey Hepburn gets made to look bad thanks to the movie. Her character is overly nerdy, and the songs just don't suit her.A very bitter disappointment.
Thomas Drufke In honor of Audrey Hepburn's birthday, which was earlier this week, I decided to watch another Hepburn musical, and I had an absolute blast. I really enjoy the types of movies that bring a tremendous amount of joy to the screen. Funny Face is most definitely one of those movies. It's extremely colorful, catchy, and well acted. And for being a musical that get's me interested, you deserve some extra points. Audrey Hepburn stars in this beautiful take on the musical that tells the story of a normal girl with a funny face and a whole lot of heart.It's another film in the long list of movies that Audrey Hepburn's love interest is significantly older than her. But unlike Charade, Love in the Afternoon, or even My Fair Lady, I never felt particularly fond of the love story in Funny Face. I have to admit, it's a ridiculously romantic film, I mean it takes place in Paris for gosh sakes, but the chemistry wasn't there for me. With that being said, just about everything else really works here. Hepburn's voice sounds like it's actually being used, and she's having a blast filming. Her expression dance scene was so entertaining and re-watchable that I couldn't help but smile all the way through. Her character is borderline forced into becoming a model by how drop dead gorgeous she is. And my golly, Audrey is just about as beautiful as ever here. Her photo-shoot montage all over Paris was wonderful and had me literally 'aweing' at least a few times. It even reminded me of Roman Holiday with her princess shoot and even Breakfast at Tiffany's with the classic black dress, even though the film hadn't actually come out yet. It was just a pleasant film to watch.Of course, it is a musical so there are plenty of catchy songs to sing and dance to. The classic Funny Face main theme song became a constant reminder that Hepburn does have such a unique face. Not only physically but as a presence as well. We just don't have anybody like her right now. In terms of acting, I think someone like Amy Adams is comparable, but she doesn't embody everything Hepburn does off camera as well. She is simply missed in this age of Hollywood. Again, the actual romance of the film didn't feel genuine enough, but I liked just about everything else. It's one of Audrey's best roles and a highly re-watchable film.+Audrey is having fun +Expression dance +Colorful +Set in Paris+Hepburn's gorgeous photo-shoot scene -Chemistry between Astaire and Hepburn wasn't there 8.5/10
hourmatt326 Funny Face is a musical about fashion and love. The story and music for this musical, I thought was OK but the story lost me at parts where it was more about fashion or the song and didn't really expand on the people around the story/song. The music was good and had changes of pace to all of them being different and the dancing involved is some of the best I've seen in a musical, for example the scene where Audrey Hepburn's in the café and misses hair and make up and she starts dancing is great. Also another great thing about this movie is how likable Hepburn is in the role, starting off working in a book store then becoming a model is an interesting ride. Overall, I give Funny Face a 7/10.