Paris When It Sizzles

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Blu B A Heburn Classic. The trick that makes this ridiculous meta story work is the lighthearted self aware tone and the chemistry between Holden & Audrey. They have really good fun bubbly chemistry together. You can tell there both having a lot of fun together and it shows. Everyone else isn't bad but these two stand out easily. Audrey Hepburn is really good in this and does comedic delivery with her own twist on things in a very charming manner. The editing isn't bad here. It's a very meta story that reminds me of a Comden/Green type of script. A story within a story. On there own both stories are alright with there own flaws and are basic enough (A Romcom & Screwball Spy Comedy) but they both make each one better. The story is a bit cliche and at the same time ridiculous as well but it is self aware. That being said its still using cliches but it's done well here. Everythign else is solid about it. Despite being silly and ridiuclous it's never incoherent, a bit clever, and a lot of fun. It has a child like imagination to it with a witty commentary to it about storytelling cliches and the people behind it. It's well directed, very colorful, a memorable setting, and everything pops well despite how ridiculous some of the scenes can be. Anyone who is a fan of any actors in this, the director, meta storytelling plots, or Golden Era comedies or romances should check this out. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review Ashley H Paris When It Sizzles is an awesome film. It is about the assistant who helps a Hollywood screenwriter overcome his writer's block. William Holden and Audrey Hepburn give terrific performances. The script is good but a little slow in places. Richard Quine did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the humor and romance. Paris When It Sizzles is a must see. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/23 Full Review Steve M Just a good rom-com, but an extra half star for a story line I've never seen before, and an extra half star for performances by Hepburn and Holden, cameos by Dietrich and Curtis, and a song by Sinatra. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/06/23 Full Review Nizar N This is one of the few movies made about moviemaking, if not perhaps the only movie, to take the matter this lightly. What precedes is both a good and a bad thing. The good thing is despite the quirky plot and the even quirkier plot within the plot, the movie still doesn't come off as pretentious or phoney, and that is before the sprinkle of witty remarks and self-critical quips. The bad thing is that the exaggeration of "taking things lightly" results in a form of immaturity, which would be okay hadn't it been portrayed by an iconic duo like Audrey Hepburn & William Holden, who had previously adapted the audiences to more convincing performances. In all, Paris When It Sizzles is still worth the watch, but receives more criticism than it should mainly because of the comparison with the main actors' previous works. However, in this day, it's become more common to see similar movies with similar scripts that don't even pass as half as good as Paris When It Sizzles. Taking that into consideration, the movie can count as one of the classics; in other words, it better be this movie than any other of the "pseudo-remakes." Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member 70% rating ... I thought this was a decent rom-com. Possibly biased towards Audrey Hepburn. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review frankie a Silliness on steroids and a waste of two very talented actors. It tries so hard to be funny that the strain is visible and it simply makes you feel uncomfortably embarrassed for Hepburn and Holden. Of course Hepburn fans will tolerable the inane nonsense, but the script is so bad and the hodgepodge of ideas that are thrown at the storyline in order to get to the end of its hour and fifty minute running time (seems MUCH longer) are so ludicrous, that the casual viewer will find nothing of substance here and will probably bristle at the emasculation done to poor William Holden, making him the butt of every joke and even requiring him to feign being a vampire as if that would somehow redeem his character, which is not even mildly likable. A shout within the darkened room about 20 minutes into the movie from one of my guests says it all: "Can you put something else on?" And then that was followed by the loud agreement in a consensus from the other 10 people; the dislike was palpable. One of the guests who had made his escape earlier, presumably to have a smoke, returned to find the lights up and the movie stopped, quipped: "Oh thank god that thing is off; I could hear that dog barking from outside." At least this one crowd of movie lovers confirms unequivocally that NOTHING sizzles about this nonsensical romantic comedy. Bow-wow. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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