Fico Cangiano CineXpress Podcast Mar 28, 2025 3.5/5

A lovely "Golden Age of Hollywood" romance that stands the test of time. [Full review in Spanish]

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting May 17, 2024 4.5/5

It's as if the close-up was invented for [Audrey Hepburn].

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Patricia Karounos Refinery29 Oct 23, 2023

Rome is the perfect backdrop for this royal-commoner romance (and war of wits).

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Steph Green WeLoveCinema Feb 13, 2023 4/5

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.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Feb 4, 2023 5/5

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...

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 25, 2022 4.5/5

...a wonderful story filled with good humor and a lovely romance.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Feb 15, 2021 3.5/4

...a somewhat overlong and exceedingly deliberate endeavor that undeniably grows more and more absorbing as it unfolds...

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Sep 19, 2020 4/4

An utterly disarming romantic comedy. The "Mouth of Truth" scene is a genuine classic, but the film is packed with equally delightful interludes.

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Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Sep 15, 2020 A+

Hepburn is a marvel, mixing deep pathos with a restless yearning. She also proves to be a gifted comic. I cannot praise her performance effusively enough.

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Allison Rose FlickDirect Sep 15, 2020 5/5

The marrying of a classic movie with the most up to date technology makes this release a must-have.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 23, 2020 5/10

None of the events are terribly thrilling or romantic, and the unhurried casualness with which they're all approached borders on boring.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 14, 2019

William Wyler, an expert at heavy drama, here proves equally adroit in handling a gay romantic comedy.

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Milton Luban The Hollywood Reporter Aug 30, 2019

With Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn turning in superb performances, Roman Holiday is 118 minutes of sheer entertainment.

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Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) Mar 9, 2018 5/5

The best comedy ever written on the horrors of being a royal.

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Donald J. Levit ReelTalk Movie Reviews Aug 2, 2015

What a never-to-be-forgotten brief holiday it was, befitting one of filmdom's true regal princesses.

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Tony Sloman Radio Times Feb 10, 2014 5/5

Immaculately directed by William Wyler, and written and played with style and grace, this is a film to treasure, both for its endearing action and marvellous performances.

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Philip French Observer (UK) Jul 21, 2013

Only the big screen can do justice to its scintillating monochrome images.

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Allan Hunter Daily Express (UK) Jul 19, 2013 5/5

As welcome as a cooling gelato on a hot summer's day.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Jul 18, 2013 5/5

A lovely film.

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David Jenkins Little White Lies Jul 18, 2013 3/5

Hepburn represents all western cinema, finally allowed out to play on the cobbled streets of postwar Europe.

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