Two for the Road

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Two for the Road

Released Apr 27, 1967

1h 52m

Romance

Comedy

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Architect Mark Wallace (Albert Finney) and his wife, Joanna (Audrey Hepburn), travel to France to meet with an affluent client (Claude Dauphin). While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

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Jan Dawson

Sight & Sound

Would be a far better film if it could only decide which of three lanes it wanted to drive in - comedy, farce or philosophical comment.

Mar 19, 2020

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

A Hollywood-style romance between beautiful people, and an honest story about recognizable human beings.

Rated: 4/4

Jul 2, 2018

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

With Two for the Road... Donen took a romantic comedy and deconstructed it, using the nonlinear structure and jump cuts that were being popularised at the time by the French new wave.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 23, 2015

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A fierce and funny dissection of a marriage in trouble.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 21, 2023

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Zita Short

InSession Film

I do appreciate the fact that this is the rare film on the list which deals with the ebb and flow of a marriage, rather than being about youthful, impulsive infatuation.

Feb 7, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Despite the intermittent tragedies, the ending is powerfully heartfelt, smartly repeating an artistic motif that ties up the whole mixed-up storyline.

Rated: 9/10

Aug 27, 2020

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Alejandra O

Perhaps Audrey Hepburn’s most intimate film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Gregory S

Shame that Finney was cast as Mark Wallace because he's simply not a quality "actor" (is he even one -- an actor?) and has zero (actually, sub zero) on-screen chemistry with Hepburn. Yes, I've read all about the off-screen romance between them but it doesn't translate on film. Finney's performance is dull, boorish, and hard to watch. He's an ugly man, physically, and the way he delivers his lines -- IDK, maybe Donen was a terrible director? But I enjoyed the story nonetheless as it traces the principle character's relationship from early lustful contact to the later weary, resigned-to-their fate partnership. This film is all Hepburn in all her grace and beauty even when she's portraying anger. I have, and will, watch it again and again but only to tune in to be reminded of how lucky we viewing public are that she was captured at 24 fps.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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Audience Member

Audrey Hepburn commands the screen and Albert Finney somehow holds his own brilliantly opposite her.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Audience Member

Unsuccessful comedy drama , that when it connects, has moments that are watchable, The confusing use of cross cutting, back and forth, over 4 different vacations taken by Finney and Hepburn, was annoying, But after awhile, it works, as the tone turns bittersweet, Alongside the slapstick comedy, relationship disillusion starts, and so do extra marital affairs, With the 5th vacation, they attempt to rekindle their marriage, Director Stanley Donen mostly fails in using New Wave filmmaking techniques, but nice bonus, seeing Jacqueline Bisset in a small role,

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Farah R

Only one word can describe my feelings while watching this film: bored. Not a single moment excited me even a little from start to finish. My focus constantly shifted to the slightest disturbance as the film failed to captivate me. The story is bland, the characters are flat, and the ending is unsatisfactory. Two For the Road is a major pass.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/02/23

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Brent A

10% rating .... Really struggled to maintain any interest in the storyline.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Synopsis

Architect Mark Wallace (Albert Finney) and his wife, Joanna (Audrey Hepburn), travel to France to meet with an affluent client (Claude Dauphin). While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Stanley Donen
Screenwriter: Frederic Raphael
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 52m

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