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Roman Holiday

Released Aug 27, 1953 1h 59m Romance Comedy TRAILER for List
96% Tomatometer 67 Reviews 93% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck),who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
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With Audrey Hepburn luminous in her American debut, Roman Holiday is as funny as it is beautiful, and sets the standard for the modern romantic comedy.

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting It's as if the close-up was invented for [Audrey Hepburn]. Rated: 4.5/5 May 17, 2024 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) A rom-com colossus, and one that has been aped and emulated in everything from Notting Hill to Trainwreck to Jennifer Lopez’s recent Marry Me... Rated: 5/5 Feb 4, 2023 Full Review Milton Luban Hollywood Reporter With Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn turning in superb performances, Roman Holiday is 118 minutes of sheer entertainment. Aug 30, 2019 Full Review Patricia Karounos Refinery29 Rome is the perfect backdrop for this royal-commoner romance (and war of wits). Oct 23, 2023 Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) This is as good as you’ve heard. May 27, 2023 Full Review Steph Green WeLoveCinema It is purely a rom-com, filmed with warmth and style – as sweet and inconsequential as a scoop of gelato on a summer’s day. Rated: 4/5 Feb 13, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Miaomiao C Classics get this charm to make you watch it over and over again. I watched this movie first time at the age of probably 14 or so. And I felt this movie so touched and wonderful though I hadn't got any romantic experience at that time. I love the elegent princess and the smart journalist. I love the plot.I love the way the director told the story. And I recommend this to many of my friends including my boyfriend(he is not yet at that time and he watched that immediately to show his attention on me). And today I watched this movie again, I am 20 now. And I have not be with my boyfriend for some time. And I am so surprised to find something changed and unchanged. I still love this movie so much. I believe I'll still watch this movie one day. However my thoughts changed, as I said, I used to think the movie is about romantic things now I prefer to think this is about the growth of Princess Ann. I am not very clear about others, for me, there is once I can feel this strong desire to leave my home, to leave my mother and father, and all of the old things because I got so tired of them. For me, to leave is the biggest topic during my adolescence. So at the beginning of the movie you could see Ann dislikes her life a lot. Natuarally, she ran she left and she met with John Bradley. They had an unforgotten day, Ann broke the isolation with the world out of her life, she met many ordinary people she knew them directly through her eyes her ears. In the end she decided to go back. Would you choose to go back if you were Ann? Personally I think this movie is a happy ending. Because finally the princess realize her responsibility, she realize what she wants, she understand her meaning to her country, and she is so brave to carry all of it. We know from the very beginning that they would not live together there after, I feel so pity! But I am so clear that there are some people in my life are to miss. We can not be together forever. And this is what life is about. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review John S Thoroughly enjoyable, classy, romantic and surprising. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Jon T Watching this makes you wonder why more rom comms cannot be as well made as this. Genuinely charming and moving. I am at a loss why some people don’t like it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/12/24 Full Review James B Maybe if they had filmed it in color it would’ve made a difference, but I found it rather boring. It really doesn’t have a plot. Princess and reporter wander around Rome doing slapstick. Wants to be a rom-com but the romance never blossoms. The one Hepburn made with Peter O’ Toole in Paris is a much more enjoyable movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/07/24 Full Review Michael S One of my favorite movies, in my opinion a classic forever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/24 Full Review Petra J Such a luminous and heart-warming movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck),who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
Director
William Wyler
Producer
William Wyler
Screenwriter
Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 27, 1953, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 6, 2014
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Mono
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