As I watched this film, I continued to wonder what the suave Brazzi character would see in Hepburn. I never did find out. She was flighty and skittish, hardly a beauty -- I just didn't see the romance as credible.
Hepburn chews a little scenery (she seems to cry at the drop of a hat), while Brazzi sleepwalks his way through the film.
The film is, of course, well photographed, but it looked to me like about as close to a potboiler as Lean came. It was essentially a light romance novel lifted to the screen; the only thing missing was an appeal to the wealth fantasy that one usually sees in the genre.
Hepburn chews a little scenery (she seems to cry at the drop of a hat), while Brazzi sleepwalks his way through the film.
The film is, of course, well photographed, but it looked to me like about as close to a potboiler as Lean came. It was essentially a light romance novel lifted to the screen; the only thing missing was an appeal to the wealth fantasy that one usually sees in the genre.
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