This is not Hepburn’s best work; Charade is, and that’s undeniable. Regardless, it’s her most iconic, and she gives a really great performance throughout. If this wasn’t so unabashedly racist and also ripped off by every feel-good romcom that came after it, I would’ve enjoyed it a lot more. I wish she didn’t end up with Paul, but it is a 60s Hollywood flick, so I guess I understand. It’s charming, but not in a timeless way, and not even in a “it was another time” way. I wish I could say the writing was outstanding in any way but really it was Hepburn’s performance (if anyone else had played Holly, it would’ve been a different film entirely; Hepburn could never be perceived as purposely malicious, and that transforms her entire character) as well as Givenchy’s styling that carried the entire thing.
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