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Roman Holiday

1953

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power ...

7.9

34,660

Comedy. Romance On a diplomatic visit to Rome, Anne (Audrey Hepburn) escapes her royal retainers and scampers incognito through the Eternal City. She happens to meet American journalist Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), who, recognizing a hot news story, pretends that he doesn't recognize her and offers to give her a guided tour of Rome.

	Author	Review
United States	A.H. Weiler The New York Times	"A natural, tender and amusing yarn (...) It is a short holiday in which they are involved but an entirely pleasureable one."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Wyler lays out all the elements with care and precision, but the romantic comedy never comes together"	NEU
United States	Variety	"[Wyler] times the chuckles with a never-flagging pace, puts heart into the laughs (...) and points up some tender, poignant scenes in using the smart script and the cast to the utmost advantage."	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The individual moments in Wyler’s film still catch your breath (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Time	"The newcomer named Audrey Hepburn gives the popular old romantic nonsense a reality it has seldom had before."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Timeless, exuberant classic, with Hepburn's naïve sense of fun and perfectly charming performance matched equally by Peck's lauche and charismatic worldly American (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A modern fairytale whose two leads have a charm and innocence that irradiate the whole movie (…) A lovely film (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke Time Out	"Forget 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s', this is the real deal (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"Hepburn is the epitome of poise and elegance (...) It's a trip that's over all too soon, but is a delightful escape for all concerned (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"A charming love story (...) Immaculately directed by William Wyler, and written and played with style and grace, this is a film to treasure (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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